This is an analysis of Heriot's Ford by Rudyard Kipling.

"What's that that hirples at my side?"
The foe that you must fight, my lord.…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

i, that, my

Anaphora

i

Epiphora

i

Anadiplosis

i