Based on your reading of the poem Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendall Holmes, what is the tone of the speaker in the first Stanza?

'Aye tear her tattered ensign down
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon's roar; -
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.'

Question 1 options:

The tone of the speaker in the poem in the first stanza is reflective.


The tone of the speaker in the poem in the first stanza is sorrowful.


The tone of the speaker in the poem in the first stanza is angry.


The tone of the speaker in the poem in the first stanza is joyful.