Edgar Allan Poe uses many sound devices in his poem "The Bells." Which words from the poem are examples of onomatopoeia? 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. NextReset

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Justus · Answer 1

Time, bells. Because of the rhythm of the poem and the analogies, I hear the ticking of the clock and the ringing of the bells in the repetition.