The Fall of the House of Usher

In paragraph 46, what words are repeated? Why are these words repeated? What is the effect of these repeated words?

In paragraph 46, what words are repeated? Why are these words repeated? What is the effect of these repeated words?

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“I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eye-like windows.”

If so, the words that are repeated are "and" and "the". In repeating these words, the author creates a sense of foreboding, in which, allowing the reader to share in the speaker's horror and unease.

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The Fall of the House of Usher