The ebony clock effects people with it's strong forceful sound. It draws the attention of people through it's proud chimes.
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It's actually a poem. "If you see me getting smaller, I'm <em>leaving</em>, don't be <em>grieving</em>, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don't worry, and no hurry, <em>I've got the right to disappear</em>." The narrator has decided to commit su icide.
It means the general group of people who read a literary work.
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So like is that really the question?