The statement that appears self contradictory, but reveals a kind of truth is called a Paradox. Paradox is a figure of speech that despite of its contradictory propositions, it reveals a certain kind of truth to its statements after being investigated and understood very well. For example: From Robert Frost, "Men work together, whether they work together or apart".
Henry Wadsworth is using a poetic technique called enjambment in this excerpt. Enjambment means that you continue your thoughts from one line into the following one, or from one stanza into the next one.
Hello! In this case, the example of active listening is when Janie is being told that she needs to move to another state. Because the sentence after it explains as to how she feels about what she has just heard.
