AP English Literatur

Passage from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe

Passage: 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. I know not how it was - but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.

The description of the setting (dull, dark day, low - hanging clouds, dreary tract of country) creates a mood of: