1 of 4Edgar Allan PoeThe Tell-Tale HeartIt’s true! yes, I have been ill, very ill. But why do you…

➤ How does Poe use sound and sensory detail in the story?
Poe centers the tale on heightened hearing and the imagined heartbeat. Repeated auditory images and tense pacing build suspense and mirror the narrator’s inner guilt. Sensory detail tightens the narrative voice and turns faint noises into overwhelming psychological evidence driving the confession.