Old Ironsides
How does Oliver Wendell Holmes use imagery in Old Ironsides?

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The poem, Old Ironsides, evokes pride by using battle imagery. This is fitting because it was in battle that the Constitution distinguished itself. The images, even the ones that are drawn from nature, are loud and fierce: "the battle shout," "the cannon's roar," "her thunders shook," and of course "the lightning and the gale."
Old Ironsides