Question

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 —"The Bells,” Edgar Allan Poe Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions. What sound device is used in the line “What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells”? “Shriek” is an example of what sound device? What is the rhyme scheme of the first five lines?

Answer 1

The sound device used in the line “What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells” is alliteration, which is the repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words.

“Shriek” is an example of onomatopoeia, which is the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to.

Finally, the rhyme scheme of the first five lines is A A A B B.

Answer 2

1.alliteration
2.onomatopoeia
3.aaabb