Read this passage from "the fall of the house of usher" by edgar allan poe: during the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, i had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country. which word contributes to the gothic tone of the passage? a. heavens b. oppressively c. country d. singularly