Read this passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart":The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.What does Poe use in the passage to create a sense of doom, as if reality is pounding on the narrator?A.RepetitionB.ImageryC.MetaphorD.PersonificationSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS
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Read this passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart":The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.What does Poe use in the passage to create a sense of doom, as if reality is pounding on the narrator?A.RepetitionB.ImageryC.MetaphorD.PersonificationSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS
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Poe uses A. Repetition in the passage to create a sense of doom, as if reality is pounding on the narrator. The phrase "stone dead" is repeated twice, emphasizing the finality of the old man's death and the narrator's relief that his eye would trouble him no more. This repetition creates a sense of impending doom and the inescapable reality of the situation.
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