The use of the word novel in the sentence meant that the sound of the little bells were different from anything seen or heard before. It was something new and original. In this case, the word novel is an adjective , added to another adjective 'pleasing' . As a noun, novel means long and ima.
Ok? I think she wrote this poem to inspire people to work together. For unity. Pick a few lines that YOU liked from the article and why. If you don't have the article just look it up.