Poe piles one horror on top of another: the trial, the conviction, the descent into the pit, exploring the pit in complete darkness, the well in the centre of the pit, being bound to a frame below the descending pendulum, the rats, escape from the pendulum, the heating metal, walls closing .... and then a last minute rescue.
I imagine Poe watching the swing of a clock's pendulum in an opiate haze.
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