Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher." i looked upon the scene before me -- upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain -- upon the blank walls -- upon the vacant eye-like windows -- upon a few rank sedges -- and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees -- with an utter depression of soul. what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
it emphasizes the impressive size of the house of usher. it emphasizes the sizeable burden imposed by the summons. it emphasizes the frenzy of activity as the narrator approaches. it emphasizes the frustrating familiarity of the boyhood home.

B) It emphasizes the sizeable burden imposed by the summons.

Explanation: Parallelism is the use of elements that are similar, they can be similar in grammar, in sound, in structure, in meaning or in meter. In the given excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, we can see a clear example of parallelism in the use of the phrases starting with "Upon" ("upon the vacant eye-like windows", "upon a few rank sedges", "upon a few white trunks of decayed trees", etc), this parallelism helps emphasize the burden imposed by the summons.

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explanation:

- "he is a very real person and his intent isn't to influence us vonnegut addresses this towards the end of the letter when he says, if we choose to curse, that is by our own individual means."