Question

And thus, as a closer and still closer intimacy admitted me more unreservedly into the recesses of his spirit, the more bitterly did I perceive the futility of all attempt at cheering a mind from which darkness, as if an inherent positive quality, poured forth upon all objects of the moral and physical universe, in one unceasing radiation of gloom. How does Poe develop a short story element in the excerpt?

Answer 1

Answer:

setting: gloom

Explanation:

He's writing about a scary setting. It's as horrifying as it can be. He leads you carefully by the hand.

...Cheering the mind from which darkness, as if an inherent positive quantity, poured forth upon all objects of the moral and physical universe, increased ... in gloom.

You can't get a better picture of gloom than this.