Read the poem below and choose the mood that best fits it.
the house dog lay stretched out on the floor,
where the shade, afternoons, used to steal;
the busy old wife by the open door,
was turning the spinning wheel,
and the old brass clock on the mantle tree,
had plodded along to almost three.
happy
hopeless
calm
sad

The correct answer is calm.

Explanation:

By reading this poem we can notice how it conveys a sense of calm.

He takes us to the situation he is describing, with a dog resting while he spends the afternoon, and a woman working silently on his spinning wheel.

We could even imagine in our head an image in the countryside, with the sun in the afternoon falling and much peace in that situation.

Given this information we can say that the correct answer is calm.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.