In when bright girls decide math is a waste of time, does the writer use any concrete of abstract language?

Read this sentence from "the wife's lament

2. which of the following topics would be too broad for a speech lasting 5 to 10 minutes?

Ill she not be here anon? is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? have i not heard her footstep on the stair? do i not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes usher’s misunderstanding. it emphasizes usher’s love for his sister. it emphasizes usher’s psychological fixation. it emphasizes usher’s melancholy nature.