I'm confused, was he in jail? That's how jail/detention cells look.
This statement creates mood in the excerpt: "<span>In the startled ear of night." It connotes that the setting is already dark, dim, shocking, and creepy. Poe's clever use of words and how he descriptively creates the settings of his poems makes him a classic artist of his time and through this generation as well. </span>
In the story, it was the time of the Night or Rebirth when all creatures diet. The moon changes from young and beautiful(she was described as mesmerizing and luminescent) to old and weak(she became a sprinkle of sparkling dust, or the title "embers of moonlight" itself)
Answer: I think it's the ones you already picked
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