#8- "Getting Out"

The tone of this poem is sad rather than bitter. This surprises me because divorces are usually very disruptive and an angry process. The couple is having problems because they have matching hair and eyes, so they only have physical similarities, and nothing else in common. Also, they are imprisoned by each other and when the man tried to leave, he was stopped by all of the things they hadn't worked out or the things that need to be addressed. Those things were like the piles of clothes on the floor and unstrung tennis rackets. At first the couple tried to ignore it, but finally they had to part. Another thing is that they do not assign blame, they just fell out of love. In the end, they were crying and sad and it showed that the tone was correct from the beginning. A theory is that the couple is unable to conceive a child and that inability drove the couple apart.