Puzzle Description:

Tintinnabulation

#1: David (david152) on Jun 25, 2020

My first thought...Noel. (It looked like a Christmas tree ;-) )

Belle?

From my favorite poem of all time.

Many people only know Edgar Allan Poe as the father of the horror story. "The Bells" is an amazing celebration of the English language where each stanza describes a different type of bell in words that magically evoke the various materials (silver, golden wedding bells, iron funereal bells) or emotions ("alarum" [fire alarm, but needed an extra syllable]. Incredible meter.

Here's a link:

https://poets.org/poem/bells

So now you know that this bell is silver.

and don't forget tinnitus!

I agree with Bill. This is one of my favorite poems.

I remember singing a song in choir in high school based on this poem about just the bright and cheery bells, and tintinnabulation was in the lyrics. The word always stuck with me because it was fun to say.

I enjoyed the puzzle and the story. Thank you.

Bill you are always so quick witted so your reference to poetry surprised me! Thanks, I didn't know this poem and you are right; it is just wonderful! Thanks for the puzzle and the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXHsY1eoIzA

Poe's name is repeated in the onomatopoeia of the poem, of the poem, of the bells, bells, bells.

I had to read that poem aloud in my Junior English class in high school. It's a surprisingly difficult poem to interpret well. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself...then imagine you are reading it in front of a roomful of your 16 year old peers. lol

Strange word, but could be stranger -- try Rin-tin-tinnabulation....

https://youtu.be/ysIzPF3BfpQ

When I was in high school I had to read Edgar Allen Poe's poem, "The Bells" to my English Lit class. If you don't think that was hard...you try doing it aloud...and don't stop after the first stanza...here you go: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/147/the-works-of-edgar-allan-poe/5222/the-bells/

Seriously...it was pretty shattering...lol, but I did it...and never heard the end of it from my best friend and fellow theatre student, Frank. The second most difficult poem I ever had to perform was "Patterns," by Amy Lowell. Sigh...unbelievably difficult.

Thank you for the compliment, KarylAnn!

You're welcome Bill! :-)

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