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The speaker's uncertainty about the visitor's identity highlights themes of solitude and isolation. Compared to other works by Walter de la Mare, this poem shares a focus on the uncanny and the unknown, but its brevity and lack of explicit supernatural elements make it distinct.
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The poem begins with the speakerdescribing the sound of a knocking at his door. He goes to open it, and there is no one there. There are only the sounds and visions of the night. Around him, he can hear the sounds of beetles in the wall, a cricket whistling, and the screech-owl singing. These sounds do not approximate what he has heard and he is le...
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This short poem begins with a major dramatic action, a knocking that “came” on the speaker’s door. It is the middle of the night and the speaker is surprised by this sound. He is out in the woods and cannot imagine who it would possibly be. One detail that does provide some additional clues to the settingis the description of the door as being “wee, small.” It is as if the speaker is making a point to emphasize the size of the door and make sure that the reader does not imagine him in a grand...
Lines 9-16
In the second half of the poem, the speaker expands upon what he is seeing and tells the reader what there is outside. It is not completely empty as he stated in the first half. There are a number of sounds coming from the wild outside his door, but none of them could have caused the rapping. When he listens closely he can hear the “busy beetle” that is “tapping” in the walls of his cabin, he analyzes this sound for a moment but knows that is not what he heard. Additionally, he can hear “from...
Walter del la Mare was born in April of 1873 in Charlton, Kent, England. As a young man, he was educated at St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir School in London. He began his working career in the offices of the Anglo-American Oil company, specifically, in the department statistics. He would work there from 1890 until 1908. His job prospects changed after t...
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13 de may. de 2011 · Some One by Walter de la Mare. # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z NEW. Rate: 0.0 / 0 votes. Get the Mug. Some One. Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham) Some one came knocking. At my wee, small door; Someone came knocking; I'm sure-sure-sure; I listened, I opened, I looked to left and right,
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by Walter de la Mare. Someone came knocking. At my wee, small door; Someone came knocking, I'm sure — sure — sure; I listened, I opened, I looked to left and right, But nought there was a-stirring. In the still, dark night;
While the dewdrops fall, So I know not who came knocking, At all, at all, at all. This poem is in the public domain. Walter de la Mare (1873 - 1956) was a British author of diverse talent who wrote everything from horror stories to children's books.
8 de ago. de 2020 · 44K subscribers. 450. 9.5K views 3 years ago Class VIII Blossoms Text Explanations. In this class Walter de la Mare's poem 'Someone' has been discussed thoroughly with the concept of...
5 de jun. de 2020 · 1 traducción. Letra de Some One. Some one came knocking. At my wee, small door; Some one came knocking, I'm sure — sure — sure; I listened, I opened, I looked to left and right, But nought there was a-stirring. In the still, dark night; Only the busy beetle. Tap-tapping in the wall, Only from the forest. The screech owl's call,
