Read the excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.Hear the sledges with the bells—Silver bells!What a world of merriment their melody foretells!How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,In the icy air of night!While the stars that oversprinkleAll the heavens, seem to twinkleWith a crystalline delight

The bells “tinkle” in the icy night, and their melody foretells “merriment.” The comparison to stars twinkling “with a crystalline delight” suggests a clear, delicate sound that brings joy. So the bells have a delicate joyful sound, not a sound that is unfamiliar or hard to hear.

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