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,

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

From the bells, bells, bells, bells,

Bells, bells, bells - 

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.


to enjoy this, read it aloud.  the repetitive sounds are beautiful.  our students are saying it and learning it by heart.  of course, being poe, the rest of the poem is a bit darker.  but this part is perfect for a winter of sledding and hot chocolate (santa, bring snow please!).  it has some great vocabulary words in it, too.  does anyone have snow?