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The paper relates that "The Bells", a poem by Edgar Allan Poe was written prior to Poe's death, but was not published until after his death in 1849. The paper examines the significance of Poe's style and asserts that while we may not know the reason for the glee he is wishes to convey to us, after reading the subsequent parts of this poem we can see that part I is written with happiness, not sadness.

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""The Bells", a poem by Edgar Allen Poe was written prior to Poe's death, but was not published until after his death in 1849. One might consider the significance of Poe's style - here - as describing the moods that the tolling of bells can suggest. He begins the poem - in part I - on a happy and positive note. His depiction - in words - of bells tolling the "world of merriment that their melody foretells!" Poe doesn't tell us what event caused the bells to "tinkle, tinkle, tinkle". Yet, in..."

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