Snaith // Valentine

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  • Valentine
    • "Not a red rose or a satin heart."
      • Opens with a negative
    • Subverted, the opposite of expectations
      • Irony
      • Sarcasm
    • "I give you an onion."
      • Short sentences used to be matter of fact, blunt and unromantic
      • First person
      • Onion infers layers
    • "It is a moon wrapped in brown paper."
      • "I give you an onion."
        • Short sentences used to be matter of fact, blunt and unromantic
        • First person
        • Onion infers layers
      • Something precious concealed in something ordinary
    • "It promises light...like the careful ********** of love."
      • Promise references to commitment
      • ********** implies tenderness and intimacy
    • "Here."
      • Short and snappy sentence
      • "It will blind you...with tears like a lover."
        • Negative/aggressive vocabulary
        • "A wobbling photo of grief"
          • Blurred by tears
    • "I am trying to be truthful."
      • Harsh reality of love
      • Truly wearing her heart on her sleeve
      • "Not a cute card or a kissogram."
        • Harsh reality of love
    • "Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips."
      • Commitment
        • Long-lastng
        • Passionate
      • The scent of onion lingers
        • "possessive and faithful as we are."
          • Commitment
            • Long-lastng
            • Passionate
    • "Take it."
      • Direct
      • Commanding
      • "Shrink to a wedding-ring."
        • Restrict, binding
      • "Lethal"
        • Change in tone
    • "Its scent will cling to your fingers...cling to your knife."
      • Repitition of cling suggests feelings of love can last even when the relationship is over

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