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Read this excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.

How it swells!

How it dwells

On the Future! how it tells

Of the rapture that impels

Which statement best describes how Poe creates mood in the excerpt?

Poe uses rhyme to create an optimistic mood.
Poe uses rhyme to create a nostalgic mood.
Poe uses rhyme and onomatopoeia to create a rowdy mood.
Poe uses rhyme and onomatopoeia to create a boastful mood.

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Poe uses rhyme to create an optimistic mood.

The repeated rhymes (swells/dwells/tells/impels), exclamations, and words like "Future" and "rapture" build a joyful, forward-looking feeling rather than nostalgia, rowdiness, or boastfulness.