Analyze the use of figurative and literal language, poetic techniques, and sound devices in this poem. refer to specific lines in your answer.

Some of the figures of speech are:

1.       Alliteration – the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

2.       Metaphor – a comparison between unlike things without a comparative word such as like or as.

3.       Personification – the knack of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living things.

4.       Simile – a comparison between unlike things using a comparative word such as like or as.

explanation:

the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.

consonance, it has the repetition of the consonants in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds.