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Explanation:
The mood in the poem "The Listeners" is eerie and morbidly fascinating. <u>This mood of morbidity is developed by the use of staple Gothic imagery of full moon and a gloomy forest along with the ominous refrain of ‘Is there anybody there?’. </u> These images create a harrowing effect of fascination while still inducing a horror of the unknown in the poem as it develops around a mysterious traveler and supernatural elements as in 'But only a host of phantom listeners' and in the lines 'Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house, From the one man left awake'
Answer:
The idiom "to play with fire" means to act in a way that is very dangerous and to take risks. This links with the story of Prometheus because he disobeyed the gods and he stole fire to give to the humans. Even though he had done a good deed, he acted unwisely and by doing so he was punished.
For any further study:
- Research the story of Prometheus
- Research the definitions of "to play with fire"
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its to explain how winning Olympic athletes trained for the competitions
