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Explanation:
The poet develops the mood of Eeriness in the poem "The Listeners". First, he develops the mood by echoing the call of the traveller 'Is anybody there?' multiple times in the stanzas. Second, he develops the mood by using an everpresent supernatural motif as in lines like 'host of phantom listeners'
. Third, he develops the mood by producing a gothic setting with full moon, rustling leaves and a dark gloomy, forest area. The examples from the
poem help the reader to feel the sense of horror and morbid fascination.