In love, we are told to only trust someone who can see the heartbreak behind your smile, the love behind your anger, and the reason behind your silence. In literature, we are told to read between the lines, see the sidelines, and understand the opposing meanings of an author's words. And while many are capable of accomplishing these tasks, most fail to apply this concept to all aspects of life. Nowadays, men and women have developed this horrible habit of just accepting the hypothesis and not digging deep to find the real problem, or the root cause. In Bells by Edgar Allen Poe, the concept that there is more than one perspective present is shown. Bells by Edgar Allen Poe is a great example of how many things have many sides, as opposed to just one. In Bells, Poe talks about bells and how sometimes bells bring great joy and moments of praise and compassion, but they can also mean something deeper. In the third part, Poe writes: “Bells of brass! What a tale of terror their turbulence now tells! To the frightened ears of the night How they cry out in terror! Too much horror to speak, they can only scream,” then Poe adds, “What a tale of despair their terror tells!” » After signifying the beauty of the bells, Poe also highlights the distress of the bells. Poe speaks of the horrible “terrors” that the bells speak of through their songs of suffering. In Edgar Allen Poe's Bells, devastating moments of grief are expressed through the sound of bells. In Section IV of Poe's Bells, Poe writes: "For every sound that floats from the rust in their throats is a moan." And the people... ah, the people... Those who live at the top of the bell tower, all alone. In this passage, Poe highlights rumors of a... middle of paper ... Tolkien once made a statement that was pure genius; she said, “Not all who wander are lost. » She made this remark because many believed that because someone was not on a distinctive path, they did not know where they were going, and that is not true. It supports the idea that just because a situation appears to be the way it is does not mean it really is. We see Edgar Allen Poe also exercising this thought process in his Bells poetry. Poe expresses the idea that perhaps the bell that you thought meant life, actually meant death. The smile you thought meant joy actually means sorrow. The frustration you thought was coming from anger is actually coming from love. Perhaps the truth is not welcoming, but rather painful. Maybe one day you will remember to see beyond the eye and realize that bells symbolize someone's suffering... Maybe.