After making love we hear footsteps.
... that created me, I am no longer involved or a part of the act. Therefore I do not actively think of my parents as sexually active however I am aware that they are. From the title I immediately think of both a child coming down the corridor after parents had made love. I also think of teenagers hearing an adults walking to come and barge in and question what has just gone on. The poem uses sounds as expression, ‘for I can snore like a bullhorn.’ The first few lines are non-romantic and it gives a masculine dimension to the character. However the tone changes to a soft and tender atmosphere. The man starts to describe the love scene and closeness of the two bodies. It shows the immense intimacy that is still present even after being together for so long, ‘familiar touch of the long married’ As the child enters the room the manner of the poem changes again. Although it remains very descriptive, it is not longer sexual; it is still one of love, but it is the love for a child, not one for a lover. After the child has settled in the parents bed, the mood changes back to the man expressing thoughts or love through his words for his wife, the romanticism returns with the line, ‘In the half darkness we look at each ...