Every part of this poem has taken place at night, but this is a much scarier, more sinister night than we've dealt with before.Here we get grim images of people lying awake at night, listening to the bells and shivering with fear.In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright It's a subtle hint that we're dealing with death here, which is Poe's favorite territory. He calls it a "monody." That can mean a single melody, but it also refers to a funeral poem or song.
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