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?

a. sadness at the downfall of a powerful vessel

b. disgust at the violence represented by the cannons

c. disillusionment at the senselessness of war