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- The Listeners by Walter de la Mare - All PoetryCompared to de la Mare's other works, The Listeners is a more restrained and subtle poem. It explores similar themes of loneliness and isolation, but it does so in a more understated and atmospheric way. The poem's setting and language are carefully crafted to create a sense of mystery and wonder.
- The Listeners - Poetry FoundationBut only a host of phantom listeners. That dwelt in the lone house then. Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight. To that voice from the world of men: Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair, That goes down to the empty hall, Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken. By the lonely Traveller’s call.
- The Listeners by Walter de la Mare - Poem Analysis‘The Listeners’ by Walter de la Mare describes the actions of a Traveller who knocks on at the door of a seemingly deserted home at night. The poem begins with the speaker designing the Traveller and his horse.
- The Listeners by Walter De La Mare - Smart English NotesThe listeners, a narrative poem delineating supernatural ambience within, is a poem composed by Walter de la Mare, first published in London by Constable and Company in The listeners and other poems, a collection of Walter de la Mare’s verses in 1912.
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