Poetry time!!!

Piano by D.H. Lawrence
1.) Jot down a brief paraphrase of this poem. In your paraphrase, clearly show what the speaker says is happening at present and also what he finds himslef remembering. Make clear which seems the more powerful in its effects on him.
The speaker is brought back in time by the simple singing of a woman. From her singing he remembers his own mother playing the piano and singing. He is by her side and longs for the safety and stable days he spent with her in his cozy parlor. As he remembers this, the singer (presently) burst into more emotion which in return takes him deeper into memory. It makes him long even more for his childish days long ago. The powerful effect lies within the woman presently singing. She is the one that draws these missed memories back.

2.) What are the speaker's various feelings? What do you understand from the words insidious and betrays?
It seems to me the speaker's feelings are wanting to be back in the stability and safety of his childish days. He misses the carelesseness the life he used to hold. By using these words he could mean he misses this life so much, that he almost views the woman singing as dangerous and menacing for it to bring him back to such light times. He may not want to remember what it was like because life now could be full of stress, structure, dead-lines and responsibility. To remember, could only make him hate his life even more now.

4.) What is the subject of Lawrence's poem? How would you state the theme?
I would say the subject to be singing, piano, or a song. The theme would be missing the carless and safety of childhood. Also, remembering the simple cues that lead to the memories as simple as a woman singing.