pls give me the short summary of "THE LISTENERS " by Walter De La Mare
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The poet is simple and the sense of fear is evoked through suggestion by the poet. It depicts its encounter of a man with ghosts though he is not aware of it.
It was a moonlit night. A traveler came to the door of a house in the forest. He knocked at the door calling the house-holders to open the door. Silence was the answer to his call. A bird flew out of the window above his head. He knocked an the door again but there was no answer. The traveler stood there in confusion. He did not know that there was a group of spirits listening to him. Those phantoms were dwelling in that house. They were so still that except the call of the visitor even the air was motionless. The visitor felt strange and his horse too sensed the eerie atmosphere. He move on. The visitor shouted to the stillness that he had come here to keep his promise but no one received him. His words echoed in the house but the spirits stood silently. He left the place and the horse galloped away.