Analysis of The Bells - A Collaboration

Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)



The bells! — ah, the bells!
The little silver bells!
How fairy-like a melody there floats
From their throats. —
From their merry little throats —
From the silver, tinkling throats
Of the bells, bells, bells —
Of the bells!

The bells! — ah, the bells!
The heavy iron bells!
How horrible a monody there floats
From their throats —
From their deep-toned throats —
From their melancholy throats!
How I shudder at the notes
Of the bells, bells, bells —
Of the bells!


Scheme AabBbbAA AabBbbbAA
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 010101 1101010011 111 1110101 10101001 10111 101 01101 010101 11000111 111 11111 111001 1110101 10111 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 485
Words 86
Sentences 11
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 9
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. more…

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