Poetry · Chapter
Bell Upon Organ explained
The Bell boasts of its independence and superiority over the Organ, emphasizing its high position, freedom to swing as it pleases, and its construction as a single perfect piece, immune to the weather and human interference.
What happens
The Bell boasts of its independence and superiority over the Organ, emphasizing its high position, freedom to swing as it pleases, and its construction as a single perfect piece, immune to the weather and human interference.
Characters to notice
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The Bell speaks, asserting its superiority over the Organ.
Key passages
“It’s all very well, Said the Bell, To be the big Organ below! But the folk come and go, Said the Bell, And you never can tell What sort of person the Organ will blow!”
The Bell dismisses the Organ's status, noting that its performance depends on unpredictable human players.
The Bell criticizes the Organ's dependence on external factors.
“But up in my cell Next door to the sky, Said the Bell, I dwell Very high; And with glorious go I swing to and fro; I swing swift or slow, I swing as I please, With summons or knell; I swing at my ease, Said the Bell: Not the tallest of men Can reach up to touch me, To smirch me or smutch me, Or make me do what I would not be at!”
The Bell boasts of its lofty position, freedom, and invulnerability to human interference.
The Bell emphasizes its autonomy and physical isolation.
“I chose to be made in one perfect piece!”
The Bell claims it was intentionally crafted as a single, flawless entity.
The Bell contrasts its unified construction with the Organ's assembled parts.