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Edgar Allan Poe uses many sound devices in his poem "The Bells." Which two words from the poem are examples of onomatopoeia?

Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of the bells—
Of the bells, bells, bells—
To the sobbing of the bells:—
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of the bells—
Of the bells, bells, bells:—
To the tolling of the bells—
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells—
To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

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Answer: moaning and groaning

Explanation: the definition is...

An onomatopoeia is a word that actually looks like the sound it makes, and we can almost hear those sounds as we read.

So that's how I picked the two words

Hope this helps !

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Answer: Moaning and groaning.

Explanation: Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that imitates or resembles the sound that it is describing.

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