Leaving the Motel

For Entry #1 I chose "Leaving the Motel" by W.D. Snodgrass

1.
I'm not 100% sure on this one, but the speaker isn't the author. I believe it is the couple or maybe one person speaking for both of the people in the poem. There isn't really anything that identifies whether the speaker is male or female. At the beginning, line 3, it says fold your collar, but this again could be one speaking for both. But the speaker is involved in an affair.

2.
They are at a motel and getting themselves ready to leave after having some sort of extra marital affair. The speaker mentions kids holler near the pool-they'll stay the night. They also mention the second bed, giving the licence plate numbers, paying, next time in other rooms with other names. A lot of motels have pools and a second bed and most place request your licence plate number and finally, you have to pay for the hotel and give a name for the room. I seem like its an affair because the speaker says things like keep things straight so they don't take each other's things home for their spouses to find. Again, different names-they are trying to cover their tracks. The speaker also says not to take anything so that no one can find it.

3.
I think the tone is kind of secretive yet rushed. They say "out of sight" and "Keep things Straight"-"which they won't care to trace" and "can't press claims".

4.
I believe the theme of the poem is the secretiveness of extramarital affairs.