During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. —Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"

What has the author done to create a tone of seriousness in this piece?

He has used a long sentence with complex syntax to ask the reader to pay close attention.

He has used a meaningless sentence with broken syntax to ma

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During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. —Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"

What has the author done to create a tone of seriousness in this piece?

He has used a long sentence with complex syntax to ask the reader to pay close attention.

He has used a meaningless sentence with broken syntax to ma