Carol Anne Duffy presents love and romance in a unique way that makes Valentine's Day different from any other love poem. Throughout this poem, Carol expresses love through the original metaphor of an onion. This essay analyzes how she achieves this so effectively and how she presents a range of ideas about love and romance. The idea of ​​using an onion to represent your love for someone can be ridiculed. However, the onion could metaphorically represent the many layers of love or how bittersweet love is. Duffy shows how an onion can mean more than priceless gifts like “a rose or a satin heart.” She shows how these ordinary gifts are just stereotypes or clichés and expresses how she thinks love should be represented by something truthful and honest. This is shown in the lines: "It's a moon wrapped in brown paper." This metaphor shows the more positive side of love, the way it illuminates the darkness. Also, the idea of ​​it being wrapped in brown paper makes it look not very special and boring from the outside, but the light from the inside is shining. This symbolizes the idea that love does not need fancy packaging to disguise it, as the truth will simply shine through, showing it as it is. The moon which in this case represents love could also imply that it is out of reach. “It promises light” is also another positive line in the poem that shows the better side of love. The next few lines show a different aspect of love that few poets write about. The phrase “he will blind you with tears, like a lover” is a simile that shows that love can make you cry just like the strong aroma of an onion. It evokes the idea that love is blinded by sadness and is powerful enough to overwhelm you. This also suggests that ... middle of paper ... it is generally a negative view of love. The “Lethal” lines. Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife. this implies that even though your relationship ended, you will never forget it, it will haunt you forever. It can also suggest that love is suicidal and will eventually kill a part of you. The word “attachment” can be interpreted to mean despair, possessiveness and attachments. It seems to me that Duffy is trying to say that love is useless because the end will bring harm. In conclusion, Duffy presents a positive and negative view of love and romance in this poem. It seems to me that she warns us about the pain that love can cause but also about the light it can bring into our lives. It's also clear that she feels that more traditional gifts given on Valentine's Day are meaningless and is trying to show how an onion can convey so much more..