#7

The theme of "Getting Out" is coming to a new realization. That's primarily what takes place in the poem. The couple seems not to want a divorce. They've tried to work out their differences, and they really do want to be together. He packs up his things to leave many times, but he can't because he doesn't want to give up yet. The end of the poem brings about a new side of the divorce. The couple cries when the divorce is finalized. They both obviously regret the divorce and don't want to go through with it, but they know that they can't work things out. They realize that the divorce is something they have to do in order to be happy, and that realization gets them both through it and helps at least him to move on.