Summary Of 'The Raven' By Annie Larson

The picturesque diction Larson choses and the the poignant tone enhance Holmes thought process when he kills to present how he is truly psychotic. When Larson wrote, “ He pulled the stopper from a dark amber bottle of liquid and immediately felt its silvery exhalation in his own nostrils” which is a form of imagery. He includes to parade how Holmes is affected by the smell of death since the liquid is chloroform which he is using to kill. Holmes is sent to a euphoric state when he smells the chloroform. Larson uses the simile, “Then came the inevitable disturbance of muscles, like a dream of running,” to emphasize the adrenaline rush Holmes is experiencing. Larson also uses the simile so we can see an explicit account of how the scene is taking