In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,īy the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells. In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! III. What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! To the tintinnabulation that so musically wellsįrom the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. What a world of merriment their melody foretells! Courtesy: The Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Image: Cover art from the 1881 edition of "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. His use of alliteration and repetition has brought chills and goosebumps to generations of readers. Best known for his poetry and short stories, and credited with bringing mystery and the macabre into the American literary canon, Poe was a master of the pen. What does the sound of a bell mean to you? How does it make you feel? In "The Bells," Edgar Allan Poe relies on a rhetorical device known as a diacope (the repetition of a word or phrase) to pull the reader into ever-darker emotions and feelings about bells.
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