![]() ![]() Image: Cover art from the 1881 edition of "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. His use of alliteration and repetition has brought chills and goosebumps to generations of readers. Best known for his poetry and short stories, and credited with bringing mystery and the macabre into the American literary canon, Poe was a master of the pen. ![]() ![]() What does the sound of a bell mean to you? How does it make you feel? In "The Bells," Edgar Allan Poe relies on a rhetorical device known as a diacope (the repetition of a word or phrase) to pull the reader into ever-darker emotions and feelings about bells.
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