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Based on your reading of the poem Old Ironsides by Oliver

Last updated: 7/30/2022

Based on your reading of the poem Old Ironsides by Oliver

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