All things that we ordained festival,
Turn from their office to black funeral;
Our instruments to melancholy bells,
Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,
Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,
Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,
And all things change them to the contrary.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Scene 5. Capulet’s speech contains situational irony, as wedding celebrations turn into a funeral and all things meant to make it a happy day will be used to mourn. "Melancholy bells" is an example of personification.