Harness bells are small bells attached to a horse's harness, often used for decorative purposes or to signal the presence of the horse while pulling a carriage or plow. When a horse shakes its harness bells, it typically does so as a natural response to movement, excitement, or to communicate with its handler. The sound can also serve to alert others nearby to the horse's presence. Additionally, some horses may shake their bells as a way to relieve boredom or express their energy.
The horse gives harness bells a shake to signal its presence and to create a festive or cheerful atmosphere while pulling a sleigh or carriage. The sound of the bells can also help alert others to the horse’s approach, making it safer for both the horse and those nearby. Additionally, the jingling bells add to the overall charm and enjoyment of winter activities, enhancing the experience for riders and onlookers alike.
Harness bells are small bells attached to the harness rope of a riding-horse which will tinkle as the horse rides or moves to warn others of its coming or its whereabouts. In Robert Frost's famous poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening we can read: "He gave his harness bells a shake, To ask if there is some mistake." The horse whose animal instincts are more sharp than man's sensed danger in staying in the snow-falling forest for long. So to rouse his master and to ask if there is some mistake, he gave his harness bells a shake which alone could he do, rather than felling his master from his back to rouse him from his revery. The sound of the horse bells were heard distinctly against the sweeping sound of easily flowing wind and down falling snow. The master was roused from his equestrian day dream and leading the horse continued on his journey. Harness bells in Poetry seem to have no other reference or relevance.
I would say it's doubtful the narrator is a horse, given the following lines: My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Why would a horse be talking about his little horse? :P
hit rocks or shake trees
jingle bells
Hit rocks with shovels or shake trees.
One way is hitting rocks with shovels. Or you can shake trees.
you shake the trees and hope you don't get stung by wasps
Bell's palsy is not contagious, and no special precautions should be taken.
Small bells can be said to "tinkle" or to "jingle" (although the latter is also used for pocket coins and the former is used for urinating). A tiny bell makes a ding sound, as opposed to larger bells going dong or bong.
i ave seen lots of literary devices in the poem... Alliteration was use in the poem that is "whose woods" :the darkest evening of the year"is an Imagery "harness bells a shake"i think is Description and for the rest in the poem:metaphor,Repetition,Hyperbole
they make shake their head rub their head or not want you to touch their ears