tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767161020432838649.post4851290719810064831..comments2023-04-24T11:31:27.959-05:00Comments on Forgotten Classics: Lagniappe 51: The Bells by Edgar Allan PoeJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767161020432838649.post-42922337572997165242012-05-12T14:29:56.763-05:002012-05-12T14:29:56.763-05:00Yeah, they are...but the people, ah, the people, t...Yeah, they are...but the people, ah, the people, they that live up in the steeple, keeping time, time, time in a short of runic rhyme...they've always struck me as the product of a fevered and frenzied imagination.<br /><br />But mostly, I can't help it. The rhythm carries me away, faster and faster.Will Duquettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842496412575851453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767161020432838649.post-16663883164847149772012-05-12T09:52:06.152-05:002012-05-12T09:52:06.152-05:00I tried to do the "golden" bells and the...I tried to do the "golden" bells and the "clanging" fairly quick alarum bells ... but those iron bells ... they are slow and deadly sounding. :-D<br /><br />To me anyway.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368767968953817531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767161020432838649.post-43834536951816232072012-05-11T16:29:43.706-05:002012-05-11T16:29:43.706-05:00I love this one. But I read it differently than y...I love this one. But I read it differently than you do. I start out light and happy, just like you do...but instead of getting slower and more portentous as the poem goes on, I get more manic and frenzied. And faster. Definitely faster.Will Duquettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842496412575851453noreply@blogger.com