Getting Out
By: Cleopatra Mathis

This poem is about a young couple and their life together.  It describes their struggles together as a married couple and how they are no longer together.  The story is told in first person point of view.  The poem uses the pronouns of "we" and "us" at the beginning.  However, the end of the poem shifts to using "I" and "you."  This shows how they are no longer together.  Their lives are separate now.  Also, the pronouns help readers understand that they are not placing the blame on one person over the other.  Every time the speaker brings up something that "you" (the man) did, she brings up something that she did, too.  When the poem mentions "our matching eyes and hair" (896), it implies that maybe the man and woman were too much alike.  Also, maybe they were too young for marriage.  For example, the final lines of the poem describes how they held hands instead of hugging or kissing.  Their love developed at too young of an age.