The Listeners

What type of poem is "The Listeners?"

• Haiku
• Acrositic
• Narrative
• Shakespearean Sonnet

When the poet says, "of the forest's ferny floor," what type of figurative language is he using?

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

What is the mood of our poem?

• Eerie or Spooky
• Exciting
• Happy and relaxed
• Sad or melancholy

Where is the setting of our poem?

• Near a pond where many animals were frolicking.
• At the top of a tower, overlooking a barren land.
• A small cabin by the beach.
• A moonlit evening at a dwelling in a forest.

Which word(s) below suggests that the setting involves a mansion or castle?

• Moonlit door
• Turret
• Iron on stone
• Plunging hoofs

Which words below suggests that the owners of the house are deceased (dead)?

• Bird flew up out of the turret
• Grey Eyes
• Faint Moonbeams
• Phantom Listeners

What passage below indicates that the Traveller previously knew "the Listeners?"

• "Tell them I came, and no on answered, That I kept my word."
• Silence surged softly backward
• "Is there anybody there?"
• He suddenly smote on the door even louder.

Which words below are an example of alliteration?

• the plunging hoofs were gone.
• the silence surged softly backward
• their stillness answering his cry
• sound of iron on stone

Who are the characters in our poem?

• The Traveller
• The Phantom Listeners
• The horse
• All of the above

The climax of this narrative poem is probably when...

• The bird flies out of the turret above the traveller's head.
• The horse chomps on the ferny ground.
• The silence returns to the house because the traveller has departed.
• The traveller yells out, "Tell them I came, and no one answered, that I kept my word!"