Summary Of A. E Stallings 'Poem' Ajar

A.E Stallings poem "Ajar" is about two people who are not speaking to each other after a fight. The poem has a very calm almost passive tone even though the couple is fighting. To tell the story of the couple the speaker uses rhymes. Each line rhymes with the next such as " Whatever the gods forbid, it’s sure someone will do, And so Pandora did and made the worst come true." In these two lines, there are two rhymes, the poem maintains that same rhythm throughout the whole poem.

In line one the poem begins with a broken washing machine and hand washing clothes; the main point of this line is difficult to understand until you read line two. Line two clarifies by saying "Left in the tub to soak,the angers began to reek." The speaker used symbolism