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Beauty

Women are very much connected to, defined by this characteristic.

Valentine

This has come to represent love in all its forms

Maidenhead

This is the hymen, and the term is used to signify virginity.

The Frick

This is where Frank O'Hara wants to take his girlfriend for the first time in Having a Coke with You.

Knossos

This is a Greek island.

Hairy diadem

John Donne uses this expression to refer to his lover's sex.

Georgia

Disillusioned by love and marriage, this is where the narrator hopes to find refuge and healing from her relationship.

Flash Gordon soapappears in Marriage

This is what the narrator in Gregory Corso's poem Marriage imagines will be in the bathroom of his girlfriend's parents' home when he goes there for his first visit.

Cadillacappears in Night Waitress

This is what a big song is compared to in Night Waitress.

Flandersappears in Patterns

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