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 evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit . . . In this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," what mood do these lines evoke in the reader

Answer 1

A sad and serious tone. 

Answer 2

Answer:

I would say that these lines from Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher evoke a sense of melancholy in the reader.

Explanation:

Those lines describe a silent, grey moment when the speaker feels lonely, full of thoughts and shades from the past. The speaker is overwhelmed by those feelings and when seeing the House of Usher, he feels a painful gloom invading his soul. The whole excerpt transmit a sense of heavy melancholy in the reader.