What does personification do in these lines from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe?

All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—to feel the presence of my head within the room.

It describes death as a sentry.

It connects time and death.

It creates a sense of horror.

It emphasizes tension.

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What does personification do in these lines from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe?

All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—to feel the presence of my head within the room.

It describes death as a sentry.

It connects time and death.

It creates a sense of horror.

It emphasizes tension.

anonymous · Answer

the personification of Death or the Shadow in this passage doesn't really do much but "caused him to feel-though he neither saw nor heard-..my head within the room." although Poe writes it out very extravagantly, emphasizing the slowness of perception and the overall dimness of the room. This paragraph in itself is a personification, and it was used to build tension.