Describe the author’s use of repetition in "the bells," using specific examples. explain what effect it has on the poem.

The effect is best described by the definition of the term that describes its use: onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a word that comes from Greek which means the formation of a word by its imitation of a sound related to the object or notion it describes.

In the case of Poe’s poem the object is of course bells and the effect its repetition has is sonant delight as this repetition is supported by the alliteration of the letter “l”. Thus alliteration produces a verbal melody and repetition gives rhythm to that memory. The effect of such verbal tune is to perform an act of inception in the reader’s mind where the “Runic rhyme” of the bells is implanted.

Many examples of such repetition and alliteration are found in the very first stanza:

-Bells, foretells, tinkle, oversprinkle, twinkle, crystalline delight, tintinnabulation, wells jingling, tinkling.

It is hard not to soak in all these sounds and images and it can perfectly be argued that such effects are synesthetic since a visual medium (written text) becomes a sound (tune and rhythm) in the reader’s mind.

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