What problem is expressed in the octave (first eight lines) of this sonnet?
Milton asks his "Maker" why his wife was taken from him.
Milton asks how he can use his poetic talent when he is blind.
Milton asks why his sight was taken from him so suddenly.

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.