The mood that the poet attempted to create in this stanza was haunting and sad
Explanation:
“Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes is a poem that talks about an eighteenth-century ship that was being decommissioned. The ship was important because it had been on service during the War of 1812, the poem had big popularity and saved the ship, here in this lines the author conveys that feeling of loss and despair for the devastating future.
Food consumption is used as a symbol for social status in the play. The more food is consumed by a person, the higher is his social status and the more prominent people he knows. Oscar Wilde uses the play to show that excessive society.
