Question

The poem “The Listeners” actually presents before the readers the absence
of the listeners. Justify with the help of the title.​

Answer 1

Answer:

yes from this poem we can know that there's a lack of listener's

in today's world we can also see that people are too busy even they can't have a time for their family

they just want tk find a way to get money

they will not take of what's happening around

this all is due to money .

Answer 2

Answer:

"The Listeners" affirms a certain unsolvable mystery of the world around them while simultaneously acknowledging people's thirst for understanding. In essence, the poem implies that despite their best efforts, people do not always get the answers they are looking for.

Explanation:

• The Traveler, the poem's protagonist, comes at the cottage in the woods obviously looking for something (though what, exactly, is never specified).
• He keeps knocking on the door to see if someone is there and gets upset when no one answers.
• Given that his first appeal was ignored, the use of the term "smote" to describe his second knock conveys a sense of urgency.
• He "smote on the door, even / Louder, and lifted his head:—" in fact, the third time.

• He is also characterized as being "perplexed" and thinking that the deserted landscape is full of "strangeness."
• This demonstrates his perplexity about his current predicament and echoes the sense of mystery that permeates the poem as a whole.

• The Traveler—and the reader—not knowing what is or is not behind the door, a literary device that associates the unknown with worry and fear, is what gives the poem its intrinsic creepiness.

• The house's noteworthy location, deep within a forest and surrounded by nature, implicitly connects the known and unknown.
• For instance, the entrance is "moonlit"—under the power of the moon, which is frequently associated with the paranormal in literature.
• The ground of the forest is likewise "ferny," indicating that no one has been there in a while: this is a world isolated from that of humans.

• The "conclusion," if you will, reflects the same sense of unknowability that so bothers its protagonist and delivers no catharsis at all.
• The poem seems to be saying that while questions may be asked as often as desired, the world's mystery stems from the fact that it will not answer them. It merely listens, though.

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