Question

. Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller,

Knocking on the moonlit door;

And his horse in the silence champed the grasses

Of the forest’s ferny floor:

And a bird flew up out of the turret,

Above the Traveller’s head:



ii. What was the horse doing there?
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Answer 1

Answer:

the horse was eating the grass outside the house.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The Traveller's Horse

The horse which the Traveller rode to the home is always right off to the side munching on grass. It is how the horse’s presence is signified by sound that makes the animal an important character in the poem. The ambient sounds produced by the Traveller's horse, and one bird that makes a brief appearance, serve to underscore the eerie, otherworldly mood produced by the lack of noise coming from inside the home. Sounds that should go relatively unnoticed among the usual clatter of life serve to take on greater significance when they point out how different the world seems when that clatter is absent. The horse also becomes the means of transmission to the listeners that the Traveller has really left. The purposeful clapping of its hooves upon the hard stone path provides a symbolic contrast to the more irresolute sounds of its actions in the soft grass.

 

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