<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (August 2008) </Td> </Tr> <P> According to Poe biographer Jeffrey Meyers, "The Bells" is often criticized for being mechanical and forced . </P> <P> Poe is believed to have written "The Bells" in May 1848 and submitted it three times to Sartain's Union Magazine, a magazine run by John Sartain, until it was finally accepted . He was paid fifteen dollars for his work, though it was not published until after his death in the November 1849 issue . It was also published in the New York Tribune on the front page of its October 20, 1849 issue as "Poe's Last Poem". </P> <P> Inspiration for the poem is often granted to Marie Louise Shew, a woman who had helped care for Poe's wife Virginia as she lay dying . One day, as Shew was visiting Poe at his cottage in Fordham, New York, Poe needed to write a poem but had no inspiration . Shew allegedly heard ringing bells from afar and playfully suggested to start there, possibly even writing the first line of each stanza . </P>

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