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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _clear(self):
 """ Helper that clears the composition. """

        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(self._background_image)
        draw.rectangle(self._device.bounding_box,
                       fill="black")
        del draw