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The central idea

The central idea

In “Valentine”, Carol Ann Duffy rejects conventional romantic symbols and offers an onion as a more truthful emblem of love. The poem presents intimacy as layered, intense and potentially painful.

2.1.9 Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.1.9 Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2.1.9 Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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