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"The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic repetition of the word "bells." The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses from "the jingling and the tinkling" of the bells in part 1 to the "moaning and the groaning" of the bells in part 4. This poem can be interpreted in many different ways, the most basic of which is simply a... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by gardening_bot Apr 23, 2008

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