Which phrase in paragraph 3 of "The Pit and the Pendulum" most strongly contributes to a mood of dread?

frequent and thoughtful endeavors
to remember

the lucid reason of a later epoch

a vague horror at my heart

I call to mind flatness and
dampness

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Aside from his general attitude toward women, what kept cisneros father from appreciating her writing?

In “the bat poet”, why does the bat go to sleep with the other bats are the end of the story? a.he is suffering from winter’s block and takes comfort in being among his own kind. b.he is frightened of attack from owl, so he cannot sleep on the porch. c.he is now comfortable with himself: a bat a poet. b.the porch is torn down,so he has no other choice but to sleep in the barn.