Question

I have 2 questions regarding the chapter, 'The Listeners'.

1)Why had the traveler come to the house at midnight in 'The Listeners'?
2)What was the setting of the poem?

Answer 1

Answer:

Walter de la Mare published "The Listeners" in 1912, as the title poem of his second collection of poetry. It remains one of his most famous pieces of writing, and reflects the author's fascination with mystery and the supernatural. The poem tells the story of an unnamed "Traveller" approaching an abandoned house seemingly inhabited by ghosts, but leaves the reader's many questions as to who these entities actually are unanswered.unnamed figure, the Traveller, knocks on the door of a house in the moonlight and asks if there is anyone inside. The Traveller's horse grazes in the quiet forest while the Traveller waits for a response. A bird flies out of a small tower on the house and over the Traveller's head. The Traveller knocks again, more forcefully, and repeats his question. No one comes down from the house to meet him, however. No one even leans out of the window, the sill of which is covered in leaves, to look at him. He stands in place, puzzled by the lack of an answer.