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Are there any similes in “valley of unrest” by Edgar Allan Poe and if so which line?

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There's at least one.

Ah, by no wind are stirred those trees

That palpitate like the chill seas

Around the misty Hebrides!

The trees sway but not by any wind. They sway by some unknown (up to this point) force and they look in their swaying like the chill seas around the misty Hebrides.

The word palpitate usually refers to a heart beat increasing from excitement. Poe is creating a scene that is not very pleasant.

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