DH Lawrence's poetry is often said to be of "great biographical interest" (Encyclopedia Britannica), and his poem "Piano", written in 1918, eight years after his mother's death, he illustrates his attachment to his mother through the device of a reluctant memory evoked when he hears a woman singing. Although Lawrence's relationship with his mother is said to have been "an intensely close one, often labeled as abnormally close" (Pearson and Watson), it is also said that it was she who encouraged him to get an education and to write. His mother was a teacher and, according to Norton, it is with her "delicacy and refinement" that he has "allied himself" rather than with his rough and less educated coal miner father (2248). It is with her that he took sides in the conflictual relationship between his parents. According to Wart, “Piano” expresses Lawrence's personal response when a “song awakens memories of childhood and his mother,” however involuntary those memories may be. However, while it may be true that we should never assume that the speaker of a poem is, in fact, the poet, according to Semansky, "Lawrence's work invites us to do so, for he always wove autobiographical material into his writing." Lawrence's “Piano” can therefore be considered the story of unwanted and involuntary emotional memories provoked in response to music. “Piano” begins by describing an environment conducive to reflection and remembrance: “Softly, in the twilight, a woman is singing to me” (Line 1). Intimacy is implicit in the setting: "the twilight", the "soft" singing and seemingly personally directed at an individual all lend themselves to an aura of intimacy. This encounter brings Lawrence back through the “sight of the years” (line 2). In fact,...... half of the sheet......, from 1900 to today. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= CBPNP235&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 4, 2012).Rexroth, Kenneth. "Introduction." D.H. Lawrence: Selected Poems. New Directions, 1947. 1-23. Rpt. in the Literary Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Literature Resource Center. Network. April 2, 2012.Saunders, Clifford. "Critical Essay on 'Piano'." Poetry for students. vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Literature Resource Center. Network. April 2, 2012.Semansky, Chris. "Critical Essay on 'Piano'." Poetry for students. vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Literature Resource Center. Network. April 2, 2012.Verruca, Alice Van. "Critical Essay on 'Piano'." Poetry for students. vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Literature Resource Center. Network. April 2. 2012.