MC)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 is the benefit of using "I found myself" rather than a more direct syntax? It suggests a magical element to the story. It suggests the narrator is lost quite frequently. It suggests the narrator traveled without thinking of the time. It suggests the narrator is terribly angry with someone.
It suggests the narrator is traveled without thinking of the time. This one makes the most sense because he says "at length, I found myself" some traveled for a while. "As the shades of the evening drew on" supports that he was traveling without hinting of the time because night draws on unexpectedly.
Whitman's metaphor communicates the idea that Americans are all connected as a group. Everyone may sing his own song, but they all sing together in a united way.
