getting out
...th being in each other's presence. In the depth of night, the husband and wife would ignore and avoid each other even though in their hearts knew divorce was the best solution to remedy their problem. However, in the throughout of day, the harsh words of resentment and hate were freely spoken between husband and wife. “Heaving words like furniture?portrays that the words spoken had become so loaded with loathing that the effects of their livid comments left permanent scars. The husband’s efforts to leave are partly to add pain to the already suffering woman. By using the line from a song, ”you gonna miss me when I’m gone?the poet represents the husbands attitude in the situation. The first two stanzas are embellished upon with similes so that the reader can easily understand the animosity in the couple’s life. They also serve to create visual images, so that the reader can conceptualize the couple constant bickering and quarreling. The reader can also imagine the pair with bags under their eyes from lack of sleep and stress. The tone of the first two stanzas is reflective, angry and somewhat mocking towards the ex-husband. The poet says, “think how you tried to pack up and go?indicating that he never left, but only threatened. The poet mentions this because it displays the husbands remaining love, and therefore, she ridicules him for it. Apparently the couple thought that love was enough to make a marriage and did not try hard enough to make the relationship last. When the reader reaches the last stanza the change occurs. Here the reader is introduced to the woman, who has recently been savoring the “last unshredded pictures?of the herself and her ex-husband. This statement alone tells the reader that, along with destroying the marriage, they also damaged the memories of their life together. The woman lets the reader know that the divorce was successful and she now leads an individual life from her ex who n...