It's B because gene does not ask him how he feels
Answer: best answer for this is False
Explanation: if you always think you are going to fail with something, you can never have the mindset that you will succeed. so it always has negative thinking instead of positive.
Since we are discussing sensory details, we are using all of our senses as Poe gives a word picture. Of course the only thing he doesn't do is taste it but he does everything else. He sees it, he hears it hissing, he feels the vibration, he smells its acrid breath.