what is the tone in beat beat drums

Each stanza in this poem begins with the command, "Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!" The speaker commands the instruments to play so loudly that the sound bursts through the windows and doors of various places. He imagines the sound filling the church, causing the congregation to scatter, interrupting a scholar studying at school, disturbing a bride and groom trying to get some privacy, and finally, the farmer who is hard at work in his field. He describes the sound cutting through the loud traffic in large cities, keeping people awake, and drowning out the sounds of shoppers, singers, and conversations, even disturbing a lawyer during trial. He encourages the instruments to continue playing, despite any objections from people weeping or praying, and to play so loud that they even "shake the dead.