Question

Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

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?

Answer 1

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

b. He has used a meaningless sentence with broken syntax to make a point about grammar.

c. He has written a sentence using descriptive syntax about a strange summer day of cold.

d. He has written a short sentence with traditional syntax to make the reading easy for all.

Answer 2

HELP PLEASE!!!

Answer 3

you can automatically get rid of two of the choices because they don't fit the selection.
C. summer. the poem says "soundless day in the autumn"
D. short sentence. that part of the poem is a long sentence if I have ever see one:)

Answer 4

I was going to answer C.. Is that ok then? @bek_love

Answer 5

um cold is never mentioned. autumn is another word for fall.
syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences

Answer 6

oh gotcha.. then the syntax is broken or complex ? @bek_love

Answer 7

yeah A or B. do you have a guess?

Answer 8

I'll say B

Answer 9

"to make a point about grammar."???

Answer 10

oh I thought the syntax was broken.. IT'S A.

THANK YOU @bek_love could you help me with one more?

Answer 11

your welcome. I can try :)

Answer 12

Because one loves you, Helen Grey,
Is that a reason you should pout,
And like a March wind veer about,
And frown, and say your shrewish say?
Don't strain the cord until it snaps,
Don't split the sound heart with your wedge,
Don't cut your fingers with the edge
Of your keen wit; you may, perhaps.

Because you're handsome, Helen Grey,
Is that a reason to be proud?
Your eyes are bold, your laugh is loud,
Your steps go mincing on their way;
But so you miss that modest charm
Which is the surest charm of all:
Take heed, you yet may trip and fall,
And no man care to stretch his arm.

Stoop from your cold height, Helen Grey,
Come down, and take a lowlier place;
Come down, to fill it now with grace;
Come down you must perforce some day:
For years cannot be kept at bay,
And fading years will make you old;
Then in their turn will men seem cold,
When you yourself are nipped and grey.


How do the references to height, in the lines in bold, relate to the main theme of the poem?

Use evidence from the poem to support your answer.

Answer 13

Lines is Bold are: Stoop from your cold height, Helen Grey,
Come down, and take a lowlier place;

Answer 14

what do you think it might mean?

Answer 15

That Helen Grey should calm down and stay in her place, because she wants to reach higher places...

Answer 16

I would say she is probably already in a high place. that is why the narrator is telling her to come down (be more humble) or be careful when she falls. from the poem I would understand that she is proud of her looks and love.

Answer 17

Thank you @bek_love . you made me understanding everything better!

Answer 18

glad to help! thanks for the medal also ;)

Answer 19

if your finished with a question don't forget to close it :)