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The Listeners — key concepts & quick answers
Who wrote the poem 'The Listeners'? 'The Listeners' was written by the English poet Walter de la Mare.
What is 'The Listeners' about? A lone Traveller rides up to a moonlit, deserted house and knocks on the door to keep a promise, but only silent, ghostly 'listeners' inside hear him; getting no answer, he leaves a message and rides away.
What is the theme and mood of the poem? The poem creates an eerie, mysterious mood and explores keeping one's word, loneliness and the unknown — the contrast between the living Traveller and the silent phantom listeners.
What message does the Traveller leave? Receiving no reply, he calls out that he came and kept his word, then rides off — leaving the strange listeners with that final message.
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1Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 102)1 questions
Q.G1You are walking into a grove at 12 noon. You feel that somebody is following you. When you look behind, nobody is there. How would you feel? What would you do? Share it in the class.v
Answer:
While walking at 12 noon in a grove and feeling that someone is following me, I would feel anxious and somewhat scared. My heart would race and I would become alert to my surroundings. If I continued to sense that someone was following me despite seeing no one when I looked back, I would pray to God to protect me from any evil spirits or harm. I might also try to walk faster towards a populated area or call out for help. This experience would create a sense of unease and mystery, similar to the atmosphere created in the poem 'The Listeners,' where the unknown presence creates tension and fear.
2Textual Exercise4 questions
Q.G2And his horse in the silence k That dwelt in the lone house then And he smote upon the door again a second time champed the grasses But only a host of phantom listeners Where he stood perplexed and stillv
B. Find a line from the poem to match the pictures given below and write it in the blank.
C. Read the statements and say True or False. Quote lines from the poem to support your answer. (Text Book Page No. 128)
Answer:
D. Answer the following questions.
Q.2What was the horse doing?v
Answer:
The horse was biting and chewing the grass noisily.
Q.4How did the Traveller feel when nobody answered?v
Answer:
The Traveller felt confused and stood still when nobody answered him.
Q.5What kind of feeling does the poem create?v
Answer:
The poem creates a mystical feeling. E. Work in pairs and answer the questions given below.
3WRITING (Text Book Page No. 128)3 questions
Q.1And he smote upon the door again a second time. Is there anybody here? he said. a) What did the poet do?v
Answer:
He knocked on the door loudly to call someone from the house. b) What did he say? He asked whether anybody is there or not.
Q.2No head form the leaf-fringed sill Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes, Where he stood perplexed and still. . a) Did the poet get any response from the house?v
Answer:
No, he got no response from the house. b) Pick-out rhyming words in the above lines. Sill – Still. c) How did the poet stand when there was no response? The poet stood confused and unmoved.
Q.3But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then a) In the opinion of the poet who dwelt in the lone house?v
Answer:
The poet felt that the lone house is surrounded by a host of ghost listeners.