What Does The Speaker Mean By 'Bells'?

“ Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe is a story of love lost to fire. The speaker is describing how his life is dictated by bells. The speaker in this has heard many bells, but the one he can not forget is the one he heard when he lost the love of his life. “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost has a biblical perspective as how the world will one day end in either fire or ice. In the poem the speaker compares ice to hate and fire to passion. The speaker believes that the world will end in fire, but if the world ended twice he would also accept ice. “A Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost describes a man making a choice to take the road less traveled. The speaker makes a choice and is not able to go back to the path he did not choose. The path chosen may led to the same place as the one you did not chose; the difference is the mindset between you and the people who chose the more worn path.
In the poem “Bells” the speaker is living a life controlled by bells. (Poe stanza I) What a world of merriment their melody foretells!” This may not seem like a big deal, but when every happy and devastating moment in your life involves bells you consider them your dictator. The speaker describes his life in order from the first date to the funeral of his wife. From the speaker’s point of view his world ended in …show more content…
The main thing he thinks is that the hate of the human population will be what destroys us. The speaker believes that the world will end twice once in fire and the other in ice. ( Frost “Fire and Ice” lines VI & VII) From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.” While speaking ice is compared to hate and fire to passion this is what the speaker believes will destroy us in the long run. Passion is a burning fire that will destroy you if you let it consume you. Ice is the same except if you let ice take over your heart you will no longer be oble to