Question

Which lines from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe contain onomatopoeia? Select three options.

What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
Keeping time, time, time,
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!

Answer 1

The lines with onomatopoeia are:

- "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle," (tinkle)
- "From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells." (jingling, tinkling)
- "To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!" (chiming)