This question is based on Literary Principles. 'If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad...

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'If we must die, let it not be like hogs

Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,

While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs

Making their mock at our accursed lot.'

Claude Mickay, 'If We Must Die'

The mood in the lines above is one of