Getting Out

The tone at the beginning of the poem seems better because the speaker is discussing how they were confined. The word confined implies prisoners. I do not believe the couple was insane, but rather they were 'chained' to each other. Something kept them from separating long before. As the poem continues there is not only a shift in tone but a shift in the direction of the poem. The first stanza discusses the fight itself. The second stanza is reminiscent of the gradual process of leaving. The third stanza shifts the tone to reminiscent and loss. Instead of the speaker focusing on them together, she begins to express her own feelings. It is obvious the speaker is not over her love, and she believes that he is not over her, or that he is lying about being over her. Like the line, "you're sure to say you're happy now" means he is lying or stating that he was right. It sounds like a typical breakup, for it is hard to make a break up mutual. In the end, someone always gets hurt.