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Duckling

11 July, 18:56

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 oversprinkle

All the heavens, seem to twinkle

With a crystalline delight;

Keeping time, time, time,

In a sort of Runic rhyme,

Which type of poetry is "The Bells" most similar to?

A. free verse

B. lyric poetry

C. Japanese cinquain

D. Shakespearean sonnet