Poetry Techniques

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	7	15	e
BRIDGE	6	16	se
CENTRALIDEA	6	10	e
CHORUS	6	1	se
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE	11	11	ne
FORM	2	20	n
IMAGERY	3	19	n
MAINIDEA	18	14	n
METAPHOR	6	7	e
MOOD	18	14	nw
ONOMATOPOEIA	1	14	n
PERSONIFICATION	19	3	s
PUN	19	2	w
REFRAIN	10	10	ne
REPETITION	6	16	e
RHYME	6	16	n
RHYMESCHEME	6	16	n
SIMILE	6	11	e
SONG	19	5	sw
STANZA	4	9	n
STRUCTURE	4	9	s
THEME	8	14	e
TONE	15	15	n
VERSE	10	12	e