Question

In “Old Ironsides,” Oliver Wendell Holmes writes: “And many an eye has danced to see / That banner in the sky.” What mood does this line help to create?

A. hopelessness

B. restlessness

C. pride

D. contentment

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter c, pride. It is because as they see the banner in the sky, they are likely to feel a satisfaction or pleasure as they hoped to see the banner and once they saw it, they feel satisfactory in which is one way of describing that the mood that is shown above is pride.

Answer 2

C. pride

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem was written as a tribute to the eighteenth-century frigate USS Constitution and the frigate was saved from being decommissioned because of the poem itself. It says that eyes move intentionally to see the banner. A banner that, as stated in the poem right before those lines: "Long has it waved on high", showing a sense of respect and pride.