Hear the loud alarum bells,

Brazen bells!

What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!

In the startled ear of night

How they scream out their affright!

Too much horrified to speak,

They can only shriek, shriek,

Out of tune

—"The Bells,”
Edgar Allan Poe

Read the excerpt from “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe. What mood does it create?

a feeling of love
a feeling of remorse
a feeling of panic
a feeling of loneliness