8. The Term "Tintinnabulation" Was First Coined By Poe In His Poem "The Bells"
The term "tintinnabulation" describes the lingering sound of a ringing bell that occurs once it has been struck - and it was first coined by Poe. In the first stanza of his 1848 poem "The Bells", Poe uses the term to describe the noise the bell continues to make. Here is the poem's first stanza in its entirety:
"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."
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The term "tintinnabulation" describes the lingering sound of a ringing bell that occurs once it has been struck - and it was first coined by Poe. In the first stanza of his 1848 poem "The Bells", Poe uses the term to describe the noise the bell continues to make. Here is the poem's first stanza in its entirety: