(***Asynchronous Class***)
Aim:
How does Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Bells” convey and reinforce the meaning of the life cycle through his choice of poetic sound devices?
Do Now:
Create a list of ALL the kinds/types of bells you’ve ever heard. All of your information should be identical on your teammates documents. The Team to create a list with the most amount WINS the points!!! You have only 2 Minutes!When I think of bells, the first thing that comes to mind are the big and extravagant ones. There are church bells, wedding bells, and the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Then we have smaller bells like doorbells, cow-bells, bicycle bells, handbells, call bells, and the classic jingle bells.
Lesson Notes:
Edgar Allen Poe incorporates poetic sound devices when writing poems. One example of which is in his poem “The Bell”.
There are 6 types of poetic sound devices:
Cacophony
Involves explosive consonants (k, t, g, d, p, b, q, c, x) and hissing sounds (ch-, sh, and s)
Cacophony can be used to convey dark feelings/thoughts, harsh or loud noises, chaos, violence or fear.
Euphony
It includes all the vowels.
It has harmonious consonants. (l, m, n, r and softer f and v, sounds)
It uses soft consonants or semi-vowels extensively to create more pleasant sounds. (w, s, y and th or wh)
Euphony is used to make language sound beautiful and melodic. If a writer is describing something they want to make seem attractive, pleasant, or beautiful, one of the best ways of achieving this is to make the language itself sound harmonious.
Alliteration
A stylistic device in which consecutive words
or words that occur close together in a series
all begin with the same first consonant letter or sound.
(ex. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.)
Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #1: Alliteration [2:00]
Onomatopoeia
A word which imitates the natural sound of a thing.
(ex. Boom, Splat, Pow, Wham)
Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #4: Onomatopoeia [2:36]
Repetition
Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.
Repetition is used to emphasize a feeling or idea,
create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.
(ex. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.)
Rhyme
- A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words (especially common at the ends of words).
There are two types of rhyme:
Rhyme is pleasing the ear and also lends a sense of rhythm and order to the language.
- Perfect rhyme:
Occurs when stressed syllables of the words, along with all subsequent syllables, share identical sounds (ex: pencil" and "stencil”)
- Imperfect rhyme:
Involves the repetition of similar sounds that are not quite as precise as perfect rhyme (ex: “uptown” and “frown”)
The pleasure of poetic pattern - David Silverstein [4:46]
“The Bells” By Edgar Allan Poe
I.
Hear the sledges with the bells—
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells—
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
II.
Hear the mellow wedding bells,
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight!
From the molten-golden notes,
And all in tune,
What a liquid ditty floats
To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats
On the moon!
Oh, from out the sounding cells,
What a gush of euphony voluminously wells!
How it swells!
How it dwells
On the Future! how it tells
Of the rapture that impels
To the swinging and the ringing
Of the bells, bells, bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells,bells,
Bells, bells, bells-
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!
III.
Hear the loud alarum bells—
Brazen bells!
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor,
Now- now to sit or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear it fully knows,
By the twanging,
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows:
Yet the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,
How the danger sinks and swells,
By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells-
Of the bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells,bells,
Bells, bells, bells-
In the clamor and the clangor of the bells!
IV.
Hear the tolling of the bells—
Iron Bells!
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
And the people- ah, the people-
They that dwell up in the steeple,
All Alone
And who, tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone—
They are neither man nor woman-
They are neither brute nor human-
They are Ghouls:
And their king it is who tolls;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls,
Rolls
A pæan from the bells!
And his merry bosom swells
With the paean of the bells!
And he dances, and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the paean of the bells—
Of the bells:
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of the bells—
Of the bells, bells, bells—
To the sobbing of the bells;
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of the bells—
Of the bells, bells, bells:
To the tolling of the bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells—
Bells, bells, bells—
To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.
Analysis of Poetry:
Team Group Work Questions:
Analyze the first two stanzas. How do they compare, in terms of similarity?
How does Poe use sound devices to imitate the sound of bells?
Compile a list of the devices you believe he used.
He uses sound devices to imitate the ringing of bells.
Cacophony: Harsh and depressing sounds of bells
Euphony: Pleasant and gentle sounds of bells
Alliteration: Creates a melodic flow of the sounds of bells
Repetition: Emphasizes the jingles of bells
Rhyme: Creates flow for poem
This poem is as much about sound as it is about meaning.
Why do you think Poe places a heavy emphasis on sound in this poem?
What message does it help to express?
How is this poem symbolically a metaphor for life?
Reflection:
During today’s asynchronous lesson, I learned about the different types of poetic sound devices and its use in the poem “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe. The poetic sound devices are cacophony, euphony, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, and rhyme. Cacophony involves or produces a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. It is often used to convey dark feelings and thoughts. Euphony is the opposite of cacophony and involves sounds that are soothing or pleasant to the ear. It is used to make language sound beautiful and melodic. It is also used to describe something attractive, pleasant, or beautiful. Alliteration uses consecutive words or words that occur close together where all begin with the same first consonant letter or sound. Onomatopoeia is the use of words to imitate the natural sounds of things. Repetition is the use of repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency. Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and can be separated into perfect rhyme and imperfect rhyme. Perfect rhyme occurs when stressed syllables of the words, along with all subsequent syllables, share identical sounds. Imperfect rhyme involves the repetition of similar sounds that are not quite as precise as perfect rhyme. I learned today’s lesson contents in order to broaden my knowledge and understanding of the use of poetic sound devices in poems. Poetic sound devices add rhythm and flow to poems, making them more interesting. They create emotional responses in readers. It also helps poets convey and reinforce meaning through sound. All in all, poetic sound devices add life to poems. I will use what I learned today to improve the poems that I write in the future. In order to accurately express my thoughts and bring my poem to life, I will use the different aspects of poetic sound devices. Poetic sound devices will also help me better interpret other poets’ poems. I will be able to point out what feelings and thoughts the author is attempting to convey.
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