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Summary of Chapter The Listeners

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“Is there anybody there?” His name capitalized and in deference to the British spelling, the Traveller is introduced in the middle of knocking on a strange door as moonlight shines down upon him. This somewhat ominous mood is enhanced by the sound of his horse chewing grass and the flight of a bird from turret, suggesting that this is no ordinary house. He knocks again and repeats his query.

Despite this repetition, nobody comes to the door, nor can the Traveller spot with grey eyes any head furtively peering through a window. His perfect stillness betrays his perplexity that his only company seems to be equally still listeners inside, as silent as phantoms as they gather in in groups on the steps that descend to the vacant entryway.

The very strangeness of the listening phantoms brings an awareness deep inside that their silence is proof that they have heeded his call. The only sound now the movement of the Traveller's horse as he finds another patch of edible grass. The sky above is filled with stars, their light somewhat dimmed by equally plentiful leaves on the trees. The door is struck a third time, this time louder. With a tilt of his head, he makes a speech that is fuller and more robust, entailing a proclamation rather than a question. He urges the silent and ghostly listeners inside to inform an unidentified “them” that he kept his word. He came, but nobody answered.
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What is the summary and theme of the poem "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare?traveler

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In "The Listeners," a traveler comes to knock on the "moonlit door" of a house in an unknown place. The traveler hopes to keep an unknown promise by coming, but no one answers his knocks at the door (though the poem describes a "host of phantom listeners" inside), and he leaves. The poem describes the anxiety and dislocation of modern life, in which people are alienated from the natural world.

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"The Listeners" describes a traveler who has come to knock on a moonlit door in an eerie, unknown place.  He has come to keep an unnamed promise, and knocks on the door harder and harder, but gets no response.  Unbeknownst to him, a "host of phantom listeners' (line 13) are inside but unresponsive to his calls.  The traveler finally leaves, but the listeners remain.

The theme of the poem is the place of man in a universe which is far greater than he, and which he can neither connect with nor understand.  It focuses on man's state of isolation and disharmony with the natural world.  Nature, as represented by the horse placidly munching on the grass and the bird frightened by the man's disturbing clamor, is normally serene - it is only man who is anxious because of his separateness.  The traveler tries to overcome his aloneness and establish meaning by fruitless seeking (knocking) and responsible living (keeping promises), but the natural world remains unyielding in keeping its distance, and the traveler continues on alone.


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What is the summary and theme of the poem "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare?traveler

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In "The Listeners," a traveler comes to knock on the "moonlit door" of a house in an unknown place. The traveler hopes to keep an unknown promise by coming, but no one answers his knocks at the door (though the poem describes a "host of phantom listeners" inside), and he leaves. The poem describes the anxiety and dislocation of modern life, in which people are alienated from the natural world.

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DYMATSUOKA | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR

"The Listeners" describes a traveler who has come to knock on a moonlit door in an eerie, unknown place.  He has come to keep an unnamed promise, and knocks on the door harder and harder, but gets no response.  Unbeknownst to him, a "host of phantom listeners' (line 13) are inside but unresponsive to his calls.  The traveler finally leaves, but the listeners remain.

The theme of the poem is the place of man in a universe which is far greater than he, and which he can neither connect with nor understand.  It focuses on man's state of isolation and disharmony with the natural world.  Nature, as represented by the horse placidly munching on the grass and the bird frightened by the man's disturbing clamor, is normally serene - it is only man who is anxious because of his separateness.  The traveler tries to overcome his aloneness and establish meaning by fruitless seeking (knocking) and responsible living (keeping promises), but the natural world remains unyielding in keeping its distance, and the traveler continues on alone.