This is an analysis of The Holy War by Rudyard Kipling.

1917
For here lay the excellent wisdom of him that built Mansoul, that the walls could never be broken down nor hurt by the most mighty adverse potentate unless the townsmen gave consent thereto. --Bunyan's Holy War.…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 59

Repeated words/phrases

i, their

Anaphora

i, a, the, one

Epiphora

i

Anadiplosis

i, all