Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.

“apostrophe to man”
by edna st. vincent millay

(on reflecting that the world
is ready to go to war again)

detestable race, continue to expunge yourself, die out.
breed faster, crowd, encroach, sing hymns, build bombing airplanes;
make speeches, unveil statues, issue bonds, parade;
convert again into explosives the bewildered ammonia
and the distracted cellulose;
convert again into putrescent matter drawing flies
the hopeful bodies of the young; exhort,
pray, pull long faces, be earnest,
be all but overcome, be photographed;
confer, perfect your formulae, commercialize
bacteria harmful to human tissue,
put death on the market;
breed, crowd, encroach,
expand, expunge yourself, die out,
homo called sapiens.

source: millay, edna st. vincent. “apostrophe to man.” american poems. gunnar bengtsson, n. d. web. 7 june 2011.

discuss how word choice affects the mood of this poem.