Getting Out while you can!

The tone of the poem, "Getting Out" is somber and peaceful. In the poem, Mathis uses words such as refusal, silent, startled, tightening the heart, bewilderment. Mathis worked effectively to achieve a tone of bittersweet remorse. In the poem, the couple tried their hardest to make love between them work. They tried to leave, but couldn't, due to the piles of clothes and tennis rackets. At the end of the poem, the couple hold hands and then let go. In my head, all I could do was to think about "The Breakup" when Vince Vaughn an Jennifer Aniston look back at each other and then go on their merry way. It seems to me that the couple are still in love and just can't work it out.