Question

"Thy fame is ancient as the days, As Ocean large and wide: A pride that dares, and heeds not praise, A stern and silent pride. Not that false joy that dreams content With what our sires (forefathers) have won; The blood a hero sire hath spent Still nerves a hero son."
In a response of two to three sentences, explain how the patterns within these lines give evidence of the poem's dual purpose as song lyrics for a march

Answer 1

This poem is called "Land of Hope and Glory" and it was written in 1902. The pattern within these lines gives evidence of the poem's dual purpose as song lyrics for a march because the group of stanzas presents an alternate rhyme pattern. This means that they can be followed with instruments and used for a march.

Answer 2

It can dual purpourse as song lrycs because they have deep meaning. Most songs have a deeper meaning, like this poem. This poem tells a sotry of a heros son in ancient days.