Read the passage. Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannons roar;— The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. In this excerpt from “Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, what mood is created?


powerful energy conveyed by the roaring of the cannons

sadness at the downfall of a powerful vessel

disillusionment at the senselessness of war

disgust at the violence represented by the cannons