Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" when he saw the American flag still flying over Fort McHenry after the battle in Baltimore, Read these lines, and think about the emotion they describe. And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? What feeling does the poem invoke? Sadness Anger - Francis Scott Key, "The Star-Spangled Banner Fear O Pride DONE