This poem is full of repeated words, and here's the first set. How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! The poem is starting out in an unusually light and happy mood for Poe. Their melody is filled with the promise of fun ("merriment"). These are definitely happy bells, and they make a cheerful sound. What a world of merriment their melody foretells! (Need a reminder of what sleigh bells sound like? Click here.). 
In this case, the bells are made of silver, and they are hanging on "sledges" (that's another word for a sleigh). Poe starts every section of the poem this way, with a different kind of bell every time.
It also tells us what they are used for and what they are made of. The first line asks us to listen to the bells.Hear the sledges with the bells- Silver bells!
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