1. What did the traveller say as he knocked on the door? 2. What is the horse doing as the traveller knocks on the door? 3. What colour are the traveller’s eyes? 4. What did the traveller feel in his heart?
Explore 3
1. Name two poetic devices that you recognise in the poem and provide quotes from the poem to illustrate each example. How effectively do these poetic devices contribute to the poem?
2. What time of the day do you imagine this poem is set? Give two reasons for your answer.
3. Which of the following words best describes the atmosphere of the poem? Give a reason for your choice.
Lonely Eerie Quiet
4. What do you understand by the quote ‘A host of phantom listeners’? 5. In your opinion, who do you think the listeners in this poem are? 6. Work in pairs to come up with an alternative title for this poem.
Create
Imagine there are two ghosts living in this house. Write the dialogue that takes place between the two ghosts after the traveller has left.
