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Explore the different types of relationships in "Valentine" and "Before You Were Mine".
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... Explore the different types of relationships in "Valentine" and "Before You Were Mine". Both these poems convey the theme of love in varied forms. In "Valentine", Duffy dispels the superficial view of love the media has presented to us and reveals the reality. In "Before You Were Mine", Duffy has divulged another side to love: the unique bond between a child and its mother, which is slightly possessive. Of course Duffy makes these common themes unique with her own, slightly strange point of view. For example, in "Before You Were Mine" she takes on the persona of the child rather than the mother. This makes it an original portrayal of this theme. "Valentine" is also an original depiction of love. It exposes what real love is, rather than the glorious view that media presents to us. Duffy compares an onion to real love in "Valentine", rather than the typical box of
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