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Associated with the Georgian poets of the pre-war period, de la Mare lived to see the poetic traditions he grew up with swept away by Modernism. T S Eliot was in fact an admirer of de la Mare, as well as his publisher, and he went so far as to pen him a tribute:.

Donate Ask a Librarian. T S Eliot was in fact an admirer of de la Mare, as well as his publisher, and he went so far as to pen him a tribute: When the nocturnal traveller can arouse No sleeper by his call….. By whom, and by what means, was this designed? We know the answer to that question, at least. Already have an account?

Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Literature Poetry Lit Terms Shakescleare. Download this LitChart! Question about this poem? Ask us. Cite This Page. The Listeners Full Text. Lines It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.

The traveler knocks again. Still, no one responds—either by answering the door or looking out a window. The narrator, or speaker, presents the story in third-person point of view, describing what is taking place outside the house and what is taking place inside the house.

Rhyme Scheme. The rhyming lines are 2 and 4, 6 and 8, 10 and 12, 14 and 16, and so on. All the rhymes are masculine rather than feminine.

In masculine rhyme, only the last syllable of one line rhymes with the last syllable of another line, as in lines 2 and 4 door and floor and 6 and 8 head and said. In feminine rhyme, the last two syllables of one line rhyme with the last two syllables of another line, as in ringing and singing.

The line lengths range from six to fourteen syllables. Most of the lines combine anapests and iambs , as in line Iamb Of the FOR.. Some lines contain an incomplete final foot catalexis , as in line But no one descended to the Traveller; No head from the leaf-fringed sill But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight Never the least stir made the listeners, Though every word he spake Hearkening : Listening carefully; paying close attention.

Supernatural Eavesdropping.