The Fall of The House of Usher

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but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the remodeled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eyelike windows.
METAPHOR
hyperbole
the white trunks of decayed trees turn his heart to ice
SIMILE
...there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters--and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the "House of Usher.
The author describes the House of Usher showing off as extremely bone-chilling and gloomy. He compares the empty trees with ghosts, the gray sedge being considered an "inverted image," and the windows being compared as vacant and eyelike.
ALLITERATION
of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison;
this describes the authors feeling of terror with the decayed trees expressing himself as if he was so scared his heart was frozen
PERSONIFICATION
Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene
The author uses a simile to represent the screaming inside the house of the usher, comparing it to a thousand waters.
FORESHADOWING
The author uses alliteration to describe Usher's eyes.
the room is described to be dead and never alive, the room is considered dark and gloomy.
The author constantly foreshadows the scene as gloomy and terrifying. It foreshadows the bad moments following the rest of the scenes.

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