St Valentines Night is a poem about young love and Abse expresses his true view as a male on losing his virginity. Also throughout the whole poem Abse relates to Eros and Thanatos, the Greek Gods of love and of death.
Abse takes an almost comical approach to describing his own experience, describing his "qbox of Black Magic chocolates" and her "healthy appetite". He uses alliteration frequently, using sentences such as "Slow and sensual and sweet" and "the soft-centred she coming into sight". However despite the mocking tone Abse never objectifies the woman, and in fact only truly mocks his own youthful excitement.
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