"You" by D.H. Lawrence

Today I have chose to write about the poem "You" by D.H. Lawrence. This poem is only four lines long including an example of episeuscis in the first line and an example of both ploce and epistrophe in lines one and two. The example includes the word "me" at the end of both lines. The first line of this poem is what really sucked me in. "You, you don't know me" (line one). I don't know how many times I have both said this and thought this about many people. Clearly there was an imediate connection to this poem as soon as I read this first line. "When have your knees ever nipped me" (line 2). When have you ever gotten close enough to know how I feel or know the way I think? "Like fire tongs a live coal" (line 3). When have you taken the time to cross over to my firey side and find out a little something about me. "for a minuet?" (line 4). Would you just for one minuet try to find out something about me before you speak about me? Welcome to my world, the world of a small town. Class of 85 graduates and town population of 8,000. "You don't know me" (line 1).