Initially they foretell a "world of merriment", but are soon described as "ghouls" recounting a "tale of terror".
On a number of occasions the poet refers to the title objects as keeping "a sort of Runic rhyme". Initially they foretell a "world of merriment", but are soon described as "ghouls" recounting a "tale of terror". In four stanzas of increasing length marked by alliteration, repetition, and assonance, they symbolize childhood, marriage, maturity, and finally death. FTP, what is this poem by Edgar Allan Poe?
On a number of occasions the poet refers to the title objects as keeping "a sort of Runic rhyme".
The Bells