Question

theme ofThe Listeners​

Answer 1

Explanation:

• "The Listeners" describes a traveler who has come to knock on a moonlit door in an eerie, unknown place. ... 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.

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Answer 2

Answer:

"The Listeners" describes a traveler who has come to knock on a moonlit door in an eerie, unknown place. ... 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.

Explanation:

The Listeners by Walter John de la Mare: Walter de la Mare's 'The Listeners' is a stanza-long poem with thirty-six lines. On a moonlit night, a traveller comes on his horse and knocks at the door of a house. He demands that the door be opened, but receives no response to his call.