Thursday, March 3, 2011

Literary Devices

Literature devices


Perfect rhyme- bells and foretells, sprinkle and twinkle
Personification- while she gloats
Alliteration- to the turtledove that listens
Parallelism- how it, from, bells
The “tin” in the word “tintinnabulation” mimics a sound, but it isn’t onomatopoeia. This poem has four stanzas.
The poem has a lot of repetition like time and bells
Slant rhyme – floats and flows
Symbolism- Iron Bells. When Poe says iron bells, they symbolize oppression and imprisonment.
Each Stanza of the poem is a different length. It doesn’t follow a quatrain format.
Onomatopoeia- jangling, wrangling, clang, clash
This poem has a definite rhyme scheme and isn’t written in free verse.
Although Poe doesn’t use Catalog, he uses many descriptive words to help his readers picture what he is saying.
Most of Poe’s poems have an almost story like feel to them. Where as Walt Whitman’s poems just described the spirit of the American people, Poe has a more plot driven style. His poems are meant to move people throught a chain of events. Almost all of Poe’s poems have a transition of events in them. Many of these events in his poems are reflections of his own life.

The Bells has a two tone style. In the beggining, Poe portrays a light and happy world. Everything is peaceful and joyus. Starting in Stanza three, the poem takes a much darker tone. Instead of symbolizing joy and peace, the bells now symbolize pain, death, and despair.  The tone also sets the stage for the theme of the poem. Poe wrote this poem for his wife as he watched her life drain away. This poem is a direct reflection to Poe's own feelings and life. The universal theme of this poem is the progression of life and death.

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