Sensory imagery examples in "The Pit and the Pendulum."

imbues
"" with lots of sensoryin hopes of providing readers with a vicarious experience of
the tortures that the narrator undergoes before his eventual rescue. In doing so, Poe is
meticulous in his descriptions, making sure to appeal to all five senses of the body.

Near the beginning of the story the narrator describes "the sound of
the...