![]() ![]() This is a carefully constructed world, a miniature word puzzle where each piece reflects an angle of the narrator's chaotic mind. The long sentence gives us a precise description, while the short ones leave us grasping for meaning. (6) Notice how the longer sentence is actually less ambiguous and frustrating than the very short ones. The Tell-Tale Heart Writing Style Advertisement - Guide continues below Writing Style Concisely Chaotic Stylistically, Poe can be quite maddening, even as we marvel at the precision and at the tightly packed, exquisitely worded, yet curiously rough sentenceseach open to hours of debate. ![]() So I opened it – you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily – until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye. ![]() ![]() (1)Ī web of complications is spun from just thirteen words. Within the ten-paragraph frame of "A Tell-Tale Heart" we see many groups of short sentences, like this: And now a new fear seized me - the sound would be heard by a neighbor The old mans hour had come With a loud shout, I threw open the lantern and burst into the room. But the beating grew louder, louder I thought the heart must burst. Stylistically, Poe can be quite maddening, even as we marvel at the precision and at the tightly packed, exquisitely worded, yet curiously rough sentences-each open to hours of debate. Yet, for some minutes longer I stood still. ![]()
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