Favorite word and why
My favorite word is tintinnabulation. The word, while a mouthful, comes from my favorite poem of all time Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells." Residing in the first stanza, Poe created the word to describe the lingering sound a bell would make after it was struck. The entirety of the poem is based solely on onomatopoetic words relating to bells and the different sounds bells make depending on what material they are made out of. Poe uses different bells to represent different stages of life thus making the ability to describe the nuances of the sounds critical. This idea makes the word, tintinnabulation, very important to the poem. The fact that the word is so unique, but also has a self-describing characteristic, makes it
My favorite word is tintinnabulation. The word, while a mouthful, comes from my favorite poem of all time Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells." Residing in the first stanza, Poe created the word to describe the lingering sound a bell would make after it was struck. The entirety of the poem is based solely on onomatopoetic words relating to bells and the different sounds bells make depending on what material they are made out of. Poe uses different bells to represent different stages of life thus making the ability to describe the nuances of the sounds critical. This idea makes the word, tintinnabulation, very important to the poem. The fact that the word is so unique, but also has a self-describing characteristic, makes it