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, or an expression of an entire symphony. Music is considered to be appropriate in any environment or at any 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 along with the battles that our country has been through. However, Howes expresses the allusion of freedom as something that will be given by the powers of God, while Titus Andronicus directly expresses freedom as 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!" creates 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 difference in 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, 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). Their efforts will no longer be blind. Titus Andronicus says "if destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher" in contrast to the life and death seen in Battle-Hymn of the Republic which creates the allusion that God is the "author and finisher" (Titus Andronicus) by referring to his birth "let the Hero, born of woman" (Howe) and his death "as he died to make men holy" (Howe). 

A More Perfect Union alludes to acting on the fight. If there is no fight then there will be no victory. The line "because tramps like us, baby, we were born to die" (Titus Andronicus) is a quote by Bruce Springsteen from the song Born to Run. Which encourages and reinstates the idea of acting, being more worthy than talking about change and waiting on nature to take its course. This song also refers to the song New England by Billy Brag. The lyrics "no, I never wanted to change the world, but I'm looking for a new New Jersey" ironically switches the lyrics from not wanting to find a "New England" (Titus Andronicus), to a lyric that creates the allusion of wanting to make a change instead of keeping things the way that they currently are. People shouldn't want the simple life, because the simple life does not help the country as a whole if Americans aren't fighting for more from their country. The song constantly uses these metaphors, irony and references to strengthen the patronage that they want the listeners to feel and to continue to invoke emotions that will make the people act.

Battle-Hymn of the Republic uses a great deal of repetition to create the images of patronage to America and to God. The repetition is seen at the end of every stanza as a sign of marching on, "His truth is marching on His day is marching on  Since God is marching on Our God is marching on While God is marching on" (Howe). Howe orders each line to create the allusion reassurance which is needed when there are hard times. The first line "His truth " (Howe) is the allusion that God is there for them in these times of distress. The next line "His day " (Howe) creates the allusion that he will take the next day as the opportunity to fight for their freedom. The third line "Since God is " (Howe) says that since there is now the understanding that "His" (Howe) is God, he is here, and he will help. The fourth line "Or God " (Howe) unites each American and creates the group to fight. Finally ending with "While God" (Howe), creating the allusion that God will continue to stand for all those who need him to be there. The repetition and the allusions and references to God create the unity and strength that are needed in the times of war and fear.

Both Battle-Hymn of the Republic and A More Perfect Union invoke patronage. Titus Andronicus uses the allusions to pain and suffering from previous battles that the world has seen, while Howe uses religious battles. Allusions of this can be seem in his line "God dying for the sins of others" (Howe).

The musical aspects of the two songs are very different, A More Perfect Union was specifically made to become a song. The lyrics are meant to be able to go with music and tempo changes while also being able to catch a listeners ears with line taken from other songs. In contrast to A More Perfect Union, Battle-Hymn of the Republic, was originally just a poem. It was not made to go to music. The words used were there specifically to relate to the religious traits of American in this time period that the song was written in, that being 1861. 

The music that was put to Battle-Hymn of the Republic is much slower, in contrast, but it relies greatly on the intensity of the beats and the voices of the singers. This is a song that would invoke many emotions. The beats create the allusion of the marching of the men into war as the go along with the repetitious lines of "God is marching on" (Howe). The song is also very simple so it would allow the men in war to remember the lyrics and be able to repeat the song several times over, which could be very inspiration to the soldiers and very intimating to the enemies.

In comparison the music put to A More Perfect Union is much faster it is very up-beat and it also relates to its time period (2010). This song is not meant to be played while going to war, in this time period, music is not used as much, directly in war ,but it is more often used to reflect back on aspects of war. We see music being played at ceremonies, symphonies, and events that are trying to invoke feelings of patronage. This song specifically could be played to a video trying to lead a younger group of Americans that have not witnesses war, to becoming more interested in war politics by using up beat messages of inspiration and relating war to being very American seen in allusions of baseball stadiums which is a very American game and songs that are classics that are known to be very patriotic yet fun and inspiring.

No matter the culture that people are in, there is always a want to be united. Where a person lives is a major aspect of what their daily lives will be like. Patronage is used to make people know they belong, in addition to getting them to stand up for their county. People want to make their environment to be better life. Music is used to reinforce this patronage because it is viewed as very inspiring and people want to be a part of their country.

The numbers of emotions that are hit by music are very great. No matter the type of music used, nor when they are made, matter. 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 that our country has been through. The allusions that both use are there to reinforce unity. The two songs have different styles, but the still get the same point across and people remain wanting to be loyal to their country. People want to fight for all the aspects that they believe in and people will fight for the beliefs of their fellow patrons. As long as their views do not conflict to a point, where there is no way of moving forward from the hate that has been created. However, Howes expresses the allusion of freedom as something that will be given by the powers of God. He considers God as another way of uniting people because our world is so religious and there are many different types of religions. Even if two religions conflict, there still remains the respect for each other's belief, reunited each person. Titus Andronicus directly expresses freedom is something that has to be taken back, this is a way of getting people to understand that things are not given, and peace will not be given to two groups if there is no effort made to earn this peace. Allusions are used in almost every song and poem to make people think further into a song and get their own information and to take the steps for further reinforce their beliefs and patronage.

