Music is in every culture around the world. It is used to invoke emotion, to tell stories, and to make or defend an argument. It can be an expression through an individual's voice to an expression of entire symphonies, and it can be appropriate in any environment or event. One major example of music being used to invoke the emotions of a large group of people would be seen in the genre of patriotic music. This genre invokes a great number of emotions such as strength, sadness, and determination along with unifying a large group of people encouraging their dedication to their country. By comparing Julia Ward Howe's Battle of the Republic and Titus Andronicus' A More Perfect Union, we feel the emotions associated with patronage and the battles our country has been through the allusions that both use. However, Howes expresses the allusion freedom as something that will be given by the powers of God, while Titus Andronicus directly expresses freedom is something that has to be taken back. 

In Titus Andronicus's song the first lines "From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at blow? Never!" create a direct image of a giant that takes over with his powers to make wrongs right. This creates the allusion that God will not make a change in war and the outcome of war is in the hands of those who are fighting. In contrast to this belief Howe's song clearly states "Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God is marching on". The major difference in these two songs are views of how freedom can and will be achieved

Another difference in the two songs are the use of information. Howe's song is based off of religion and how God has a set plan to fix everything as long as people believe and trust in him. Titus Andronicus does not state the enemy as a "serpent" (Howe). The enemies are "all the armies of Europe and Asia" (Titus Andronicus). They see those who they are fighting against as the people they are as oppose to creating an allusion towards the enemies. This allows the patriots to gear into their fight and not blindly aiming their gunfire "There'll be no more counting the cars on the Garden State Parkway, nor waiting for the Fung Wah bus to carry me to who-knows-where" (Titus Andronicus). The efforts will no longer be blind.

