The mood being shown here is pleasure and fulfillment. As the author talks about Montag he uses words such as amazing conductor. This shows how Montag enjoys his job, enjoys and takes pleasure into burning books. The author has Montag mock the burning books by saying he wants to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace while they’re burning. Another reason could be when the author says a symbolic helmet numbered 451 showing that this is his duty and it’s his job to burn books.
Emotions that I felt:
Shock, dread, like a void/empty, pensive and melancholy.
Why?
There is morbid detail in this poem which relates to soldiers of war who have died.
Despite their honorable sacrifice in war, in modern times, they have become forgotten (highlighted by the indifference of the conductor) and have become associated with the grass of the Earth.
This relates to a much quoted verse from the Old Testament of the Bible “All men are flesh”.
The main principle is that men are born of dust and shall once return as dust/soil (to the Earth) - elements of this are also true even for non-believers - carbon cycle.
Chronological............................................................
