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Essay Archive - Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells": Analysis
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells": Analysis
“The Bells” is one of Poe's famous poems, in which Poe tries to
make the bells sound real. He tries to make the sounds by using words
instead of sound, which is really annoying when you read it, because he
repeats things so often in the poem. He uses words like shrieking and
twinkling. In every stanza he talks about different bells, and what noises
they make, and for what occasion they are for.
In the first stanza he talks about sleigh bells and Christmas bells.
In this poem he uses the words tinkling and jingling to represent the
bells. When he uses these words, it sets a happy....
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