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I agree. Withered, "as though swept by fire," and "once so attractive" create a despairing tone.
Poe's works are considered scary or frightening. They CONVEY (add feeling, communicate) this mood.
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I think it depends on the environment you grow up in. If you grow up in loving and happy home then yes
I think the answers A -connect its topic to those of other speeches.
I would say, Simile because this compares the feeling of seeing the machine to being stabbed by a dozen awls. Similes use like or as to compare two different objects, so that is what leads me to believe this. It cannot be a symbol, because that does not represent anything. It cannot be personification because it does not take a nonliving object and give it human features. I would say that's it a metaphor, but it uses as, so I firmly believe that it is a simile..
