Question

The underlined words in this excerpt from “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe are examples of which sound device?

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.

A) alliteration
B) repetition
C) onomatopoeia
D) assonance

Answer 1

The answer is onomatopoeia. They're "sound effect words," i.e. when you read them out loud, they sound like the action that they are describing.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Onomatopoeia

Step-by-step explanation:

The onomatopoeia refers to the use of words or syllables that resemble a sound and aim at representing it, an example of this are the words "tick-tock" that aim at representing the sound of clocks. In literature, this is a common device that allows authors to describe more vividly situations. In the case of the underlined words "the jingling and the tinkling," these are examples of onomatopoeia as they represent the sound of the bells described by the author, and therefore they resemble a real sound.