You are writing a literary analysis of the poem above. Which is the most appropriate thesis statement for your paper?

In his poem "The Bells," Edgar Allen Poe used alliteration and consonance to manipulate tone and mood.

I think that this poem is about the passing of time and how people celebrate both good and bad things with bells.

He uses sound devices to make the poem more appealing auditorily.

Poe wrote about sound devices in his poem.