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The Bells By Edgar Allan Poe
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about love and how it all ends eventually, which is something Poe is rather familiar with. Growing up Poe lost many people he formed relationships with during his life, thus giving the impression that relationships end. This is told through the the poem hidden and buried underneath a ton of symbolism. Presence of the theme is first shown in the first stanza in the first three lines they read “ Hear the sledges with the bells -- Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells!” The aforementioned Exert is the start of a love, it the couple meet around Christmas which is shown by the silver bells, then the excerpt carries on with what a world of merriment their melody foretells. The Merriment
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