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nguage and Structure in Poetry
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Read the excerpt from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
How they scream out their affright!
much horribed to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor
Now now to silor never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon.
On, the bells, bells, bellst
What a lale their terror tells
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What do the shorter lines like "Brazen bells", "Out of
tune," and "Of Despair emphasize to the reader?
O the musical quality of the bells
O the disturbing effect of the bells
the soothing nature of the bells
the poor condition of the bells
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