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Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet!" In a response of three to five sentences, explain how the patterns within these lines give evidence of the poem's dual purpose as song lyrics for a march.

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This group of stanzas present an alternate rhyme pattern, which follow the ABAB CDAD format; there are four sounds present and and each is used in the particular order defined by the letters in the format. This makes for a poem's purpose, and the stanzas can also be used for a march song since they can be followed by instruments in an even metre (which is a pattern used in march songs for accented first beats).

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