Walter de la Mare was a 20th century English poet best known for his poem "The Listeners". The poem describes a traveler on horseback who visits an empty house deep in a dark forest at night. Upon arriving, he knocks on the door hoping for a response but hears only the sounds of nature, leaving him confused about who or what came knocking in response. The poem creates an atmosphere of mystery and leaves things open to the reader's imagination about what listeners may have heard the traveler's call.

2. CONTENTS
o About The Author
o Popular Poem Written By The Author
o Description Of The Poem
o About The Poem
o Views On The Poem
o Vocabulary
o Question and Answers
o Collage
o Thank You

4.  Walter de la Mare was born on 25th April 1873,
 His father, James Edward Delamaere, was an official of the
Bank of England. His mother, Lucy Sophia (Browning)
Delamare,
 He was educated in London at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
School, which he left at age 16.
 He was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is
probably best remembered for his work for children and for his
poem "The Listeners". He also wrote some subtle
psychological horror stories,

5. Some one
Some One came knocking ,
At my wee small door.
Some One came knocking,
I am sure, sure, sure.
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right.
But nought there was a-stirring
In the still dark night.
Only the busy beetle,
Tap tapping the wall
Only from the forest,
The screech owl call.
Only the cricket whistling
While the dewdrops fall..
So, I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.

6.  The Listeners creates an atmosphere of mystery, eeriness and
strange wonder. A lot of is left to the reader imagination.
 The poem invites all the young minders to accompany the
lonely traveller on his strange traveller on his strange visit to a
solitary castle, deep within a dark forest.
 The setting is perfect for a ghost story to unfold and there is a
reference to the “Listeners” who listen silently to the
traveller’s fervent call.

7. • In this poem 'The Listener' speaks about a traveller on
horseback, who had visited an empty house in a forest,
• On a moonlight night. He knocked on the door hoping against
hope to get an expected response. To his utter dismay, the
only listeners were a host of ghosts. Nobody responded to his
voice. This poem now tell us about his journey.

9. • Champ’d – Munched Noisily
• Forest’s Ferny Floor- Ground Covered With Vegetation.
• Turret- Small Tower
• Smote- Struck Upon
• Leaf Fringed Sill- Window Sill Bordered With Creepers.
• Perplex’d- Confused
• Dwelt- Lived
• Thronging- Crowding
• Harkening- Listening
• Cropping- Grazing
• Surged- Heaved
• Plunging- Charging

11. Questions And Answers
Q1) In which mood the poet has written this poem?
Q2) Do you think the traveller was scared?
Q3) Put yourself in the traveller’s shoes. How would
you feel in that house?
Q4) Do you think the traveller was scared?
Q5) Do you think ghost were listening to the traveller
voice?
Q6) Do you believe in supernatural . If yes, tell me
your experience or your opinion to support your
answer?

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