the bells

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…reappears twice in the final stanza, and is described as "happy," as though its meaning is quite clear to the dancing figures of death. While it may be true that the chief interest in "The Bells" today is in its metrical experimentalism, the central theme in it, enforcing the impression of the triumph of death throughout, is contained in the literal thematic statement of the poem as well as in its form and sound patterns.