'at worst ajar' - always supporting his son -> dedication
'sensible house' - sense of change
Sibilance runs from stanza 2 to stanza 3
Enjambement at end of stanza allows the poem to flow
Syllable count - 8.8.9.10
2 of 5
Stanza 3
'nothing stirs but the washing maching' - (WASHERMASHEN), suddenly noticing, the emptiness that his son has created, long sentence ->breathless, emphasises how busy he was, panic
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