Blood, toil, tears and sweat: address to parliament think about the effect of the author's repetition of the words, victory in the passage in the closing of the passage. the author of this speech uses repetitions of the word victory in order to-a) prepare the british citizens that even though many will die, many will also live with victory. b) motivate all of the countries in the war because the british plan to defend other countries during the invasion. c) motivate patriotic feelings in the british people to ensure that even though other countries will fall, the british will have victory with all costs. d) motivate patriotic feelings in the british people to acknowledge that even though other countries will succeed, the british will have victory as well. edit: it was c