What could have been the reason the Traveler came to the deserted house in the dead of night?
Why did the traveler go there? Answer: He had gone there because he had promised someone to visit the place.
Why is the traveler of the Auditors knocking at the door of this house?
In “The Listeners”, a traveler comes knocking on the “moonlit door” of a house in an unknown location. The traveler hopes to fulfill an unknown promise by coming, but no one answers his knocks at the door (although the poem describes a “crowd of phantom listeners” inside), and he leaves.
Who were the listeners inside the house?
Answer: The listeners were the ghost or ghosts that lived in the lonely house.
How do we know that The Listeners house was very old and no one lived there?
We learn that “a bird flew out of the turret” (verse 5) and that when the Traveler mounted his horse as he left, there was “a sound of iron on the stone” (verse 34). We can deduce that because the house has a turret, it is probably old.
Why is the Traveler perplexed and motionless?
Answer: The traveler expected to be greeted by someone. c) Why was he “perplexed and motionless”? Response: He was “perplexed and motionless” as he awaited a response from the occupants of the house, but despite repeated calls there was no response.
What was the feeling of the traveler when the door closed again?
The traveler feels very frustrated, as one can well imagine. He knocks twice on the door, but no one answers. All he can do is stand there outside the house “bewildered and motionless” waiting for an answer that never comes.
Did the Traveler realize that someone was listening to him?
yes! he realized that there was someone listening to him…
Who is the traveler in the poem the listeners?
In the poem “The Listeners”, the poet describes the eyes of the traveler as gray because we know nothing of the traveler except that he was at the door of the house to keep a promise. b) Two words used to give the poem a strange atmosphere are “gray” and “ghost”. c) It is the voice of the solitary traveler.
What was the setting of the poem The Traveller?
The traveler arrived at an isolated house. It is dark and the moon bathes the house in light. It’s definitely a weird setting and circumstances. It’s made even weirder by the fact that no one seems to be in the house.
How are the eyes of the listener described?
In the poem “The Listeners”, the poet describes the eyes of the traveler as gray because we know nothing of the traveler except that he was at the door of the house to keep a promise. b) Two words used to give the poem a strange atmosphere are “gray” and “ghost”.
What happens at the end of the listener’s poem?
There is dead silence in the house and a bird flies through the window above his head. The traveler knocks on the door again but again encounters silence. He stands alone with his horse which is busy nibbling the grass. His calls are heard by a group of spirits who inhabit the house.
