Read the excerpt from narrative of the life of frederick douglass. i was now left to my fate. i was all alone, and within the walls of a stone prison. but a few days before, and i was full of hope. i expected to have been safe in a land of freedom; but now i was covered with gloom, sunk down to the utmost despair. i thought the possibility of freedom was gone. i was kept in this way about one week, at the end of which, captain auld, my master, to my surprise and utter astonishment, came up, and took me out, with the intention of sending me, with a gentleman of his acquaintance, into alabama. but, from some cause or other, he did not send me to alabama, but concluded to send me back to baltimore, to live again with his brother hugh, and to learn a trade. how does douglass use imagery to express his feelings about prison? he writes that he “thought the possibility of freedom was gone.” he writes that he “was all alone, and within the walls of a stone prison.” he describes himself as “covered with gloom, sunk down to the utmost despair.” he describes his “surprise and utter astonishment” at being released by captain auld.