The statement, “I know not how it was – but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit,” primarily describes what the narrator experiences in the story. It illustrates the immediate emotional reaction the narrator has upon encountering the building, suggesting a profound, unsettling feeling linked to that experience. The use of "I know not how it was" implies a sense of confusion or inability to articulate why this feeling arose, but it reflects a current experience rather than something known from the past or an inference made by the narrator.
describes what the narrator knows from the past.
describes what the narrator experiences in the story.
is an inference made by the narrator.
“I know not how it was – but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.”
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