How Does Edgar Allan Poe Use Personification In The Bells

At the end of the first paragraph Poe uses foreshadowing when he writes “And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour” (1). I see this as foreshadowing the event that ends the party and the lives of all those present. The entire thousand assembled die when the Red Death came. The “last chime had utterly sunk” (3) also foreshadows the end where each individual “died in the despairing posture of his fall” (4). Combining both these instances together shows that the whole situation or incident, from the “presence of a masked figure” (3) to “one by one dropped” (4), ended before the clock chimed the next passing hour. The “seventh apartment” (1) also foreshadow the presence of the Red Death. The entire apartment was “shrouded in black velvet tapestries” and the window “panes here

The author writes "The bells ceased as they had begun, together. They were succeeded by a clanking noise deep down below as if some person were dragging a heavy chain over the casks in the wine-merchants cellar." In ghost stories they often use noises that are unexplainable and that you can't tell where the noise is coming from. This gives a mysterious and suspenseful effect. The words "clanking" and "dragging" makes the story sound gritty and unpleasant. This makes the story a dark and suspense filled

Poe's economic style of writing is a key instrument in making this story amazing. In this story, he uses his style to truly bring out what he intended for the story - a study of paranoia. In example, "I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture -- a pale blue eye with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me my blood ran cold, and so by degrees, very gradually, I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever. " it is easy to see that Poe used short sentences, to capture the rapid thoughts of a twisted mind.

The refrain, “five bells”, in italics is like a stage direction that reminds us the bells are still in the process of

There are a lot of difference between Poe's "The Bells" to Carrie Underwood's song "Church Bells". The first difference is that “The Bells” poem has a lot of symbolism of bells as silver bells, golden bells, iron bells and breeze bells but “ Church Bells” had only one symbolism of bells which were church wedding bells which they are a clue of gaiety and joyful. “The Bells” poem had a creepy, scary, joyful meanings, that means not only one meaning. The imagery were the same at some points in both of them like the sound. For instance (To the swinging and the ringing” II 17) and ( She could hear those church bells ringing, ringing III 1).

My interpretaion of ¨The Bells¨ is about how Poe´s relationship with his wife from marriage to death. To begin with, the bells in the poem seem to represent his life and how he feels. For instance, the first stanza states, ¨What a world of merriment their melody foretells! ¨(3) This shows that the bells in the first stanza is about cheerfulness and it gives off a holiday feeling. This is the begginning of Poeś new relationship with his significant other, which is filled with love and joy. Furthermore, the bells from the second stanza represent when Poe and his wife get married. In stanza two it states, ¨What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!¨ I could assume that he is extemely happy and this is the highest peak in Poeś life because

First at the beginning of the story the narrator is very sad and affected that Lenore had died. Adding the fact that the narrator is very angry because someone or something had knocked on the door and was very mad about it. Later he started scream and nagging to leave him alone and to go away. I think that Edgar Allan Poe choose this his setting because he like to do psychological thrillers. If Poe had chosen to do this on a carnival or a circus the I think that the mood would be the opposite what actually is in the story. The reason is simple that generally go to the carnival or to the circus when they are happy. And very rarely some will go to those places when they are sad because there are a lot of sound and people. Most of the people when they are sad stay in their home crying or in a bad mood. Also, that the narrator is very stressed and very fragile to hear child cry, scream, etc.… With that mood, the setting and what happens in the poem will be never be the

In addition, in “The Bells” the bells in the end were funeral bells and it was representing life and its stages. Death and darkness are not

They are events that all should be aware off. Donne also uses the relationship between bells and emotions to contribute to the tone. Church bells used to announce funerals are usually lower pitched and are one note. That sound is relatable to everyone. Everyone can assume that “the bell tolls” signifies

Poe uses situational irony in section two to disguise the true horror that the poem holds, giving the later sections greater influence. During the wedding, the speaker observes that the radiant sound of the golden bells “dwells / on the future!...tells / of the rapture that impels”,

The church bells could represent the hard, routine, but tranquil lives of the peasants, as church bells ring on a stringent schedule, just like how the peasants work on a strict agenda. These bells are melted down into cannons, which shows how the common people became bloodthirsty murderers during the revolution. Overall, the symbolism used by Dickens foreshadows the horrors of the coming uprisings, increases the dominant role of women, and sends warnings to the reader over what will

“Mors ultima linea rerum est” (“Latin Quotes about Death”): this quote from Horace perfectly sums up the theme of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe suffered much loss throughout his life—first with the loss of his mother, then his adopted mother, his first love, and finally his wife—thus explaining why Poe commonly uses death as a theme in his works. Poe also commonly writes about women and youth, with the presence of death bringing a depressing and ominous undertone. Death exists in the happiest and saddest of subjects. “The Bells,” which judging by the first two sections the reader can assume will be a celebration of life, turns into a chaotic and then solemn story of death.

(1-6) Poe sets up the visual image of a paradise on a beach, the thrill and the enchantment of being in love is shown. Falling in love as adolescents, lines 5 and 6 show that every waking moment they were thinking about one another: “And this maiden she lived with no other thought / than to be loved by me” (5-6). Alliteration is also being used with the repetition of the “m” constant sounds. This gives the effect of the ocean roaring and tides are turning. Married at thirteen, young and in love together

I believe he does this to create the effect on how excited he is and to express that the bells represent the promise of joy and fun he is having. I find Poe to be very inspiring in the way he can create different tones for his poems.

He is concerned for Irene, asking her if she is afraid of being in this place. He wonders why she is dreaming in this place, and of what. The speaker says that she must be from a far away land, because even the trees are left to wonder about her. He comments on the peculiarity of how white her skin is, how strangely she is dressed, as well as the length of her hair is off setting to him. He is addressing her as if she will respond to him, which is another use of apostrophe. He is seemingly disoriented by her lack of courteousness; she will not answer his questions. The introduction to Irene being placed in the second stanza is important because it allows for a mood to be created, for the poem to establish an emotional investment for the speaker; we must first get a vivid image of the external surroundings. Poe constructs a mystical setting for his poem which conveys the music in the speaker’s soul. He does this by using alliteration in the first stanza, “And, Softly, dripping, drop by drop. The sensuality of these descriptions conveys how he feels about Irene. Once we are introduced to the slumbering beauty we can see he is concerned for her soul. His probing questions with an expectation of an answer haunt us into the realization that his love transcends through the confines of death. Poe uses iambic tetrameter in this poem, which allows the flow of the poem to captivate the reader into this fantastic setting. The rhyme scheme of