This is an analysis of Cleared by Rudyard Kipling.

(In Memory of a Commission)
Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 19
  • Lines: 74

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, to, they, never, that, black, white, on, your, as, cleared

Anaphora

help, they, the

Epiphora

it

Anadiplosis

cleared