Analyzing Figurative Language and Structure in Poetry
Question 10 of 10 • *NBHS FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 B
Read the excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.Hear the loud alarum bells—Brazen bells!What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!In the startled ear of nightHow they scream out their affright!Too much horrified to speak,They can only shriek, shriek,Out of tune,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 endeavorNow—now to sit or never,By the side of the pale-faced moon.Oh, the bells, bells, bells!What a tale their terror tellsOf Despair!