‘Valentine’ focuses on the speaker’s uncommon perspective of love to convince her lover that as she has put a lot of thought into the onion she offers as a present

‘Valentine’ focuses on the speaker’s uncommon perspective of love to convince her lover that as she has put a lot of thought into the onion she offers as a present, instead of clichéd Valentine’s Day gifts, their love can endure. By metaphorically comparing the onion to ‘a moon wrapped in brown paper’, she conveys real romantic gifts don’t need to be embellished or hid inside the pricey wrapping. She has put such a lot thought and care into providing something distinctive that represents love more honestly than ‘a cute card or a kissogram’ Symbolically, ‘ the onion ‘promises light’ for a additional positive and hopeful relationship ‘due to the honesty shared by the speaker who focuses on both the thrill and pain love will bring.