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Are there any metaphors in the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling?

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Yes there is

I think that a metaphor can be found in the last stanza. There, Kipling says

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run

He is using running as a metaphor for life. He is saying that you have to try your hardest all the time, even if it leaves you exhausted, which is what running does

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