The Listeners" is a poem about a man (the traveler) who comes to a quiet, empty house in the forest. He knocks on the door and calls out, but no one answers. Unknown to him, there are strange, ghost-like people inside who hear him, but they don't speak. The poem is about how sometimes we try to talk to someone- maybe people from the past, or even the dead but we get no reply. It shows the feeling of being alone, not being heard, and the mystery of things we don't understand. The poem may not just be about a visit to a house. It can also mean something deeper. It could show how people sometimes try to reach others- maybe loved ones who have died, people from their past, or someone they've made a promise to-but no one answers. It talks about loneliness, silence, mystery, and how sometimes we want answers or connection, but we are left with silence.