It is a work of sensual lyric poetry that portrays scenes of actual and imagined trysts between the poem’s female protagonist and her lover ... on human-to-human love, not human-to-divine ...

Her use of simple yet evocative language, such as “ghosts of fingerprints on the mirror,” captures the haunting presence of ...

Duffy uses the metaphor of an onion to describe the complexity of love in her poem 'Valentine'. "Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion." On the face of it, Carol Ann Duffy’s ...