Poetry Techniques

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	15	7	w
BALLAD	3	10	e
BRIDGE	2	10	s
CENTRALIDEA	1	1	e
CHORUS	3	11	e
FIGURATIVELANGUAGE	11	11	sw
FORM	20	2	s
HAIKU	15	6	nw
IMAGERY	19	3	w
MAINIDEA	15	16	nw
METAPHOR	15	16	n
MOOD	15	16	se
ONOMATOPOEIA	18	16	w
PERSONIFICATION	3	19	n
PUN	3	20	ne
REFRAIN	3	18	ne
REPETITION	16	6	s
RHYME	16	6	se
RHYMESCHEME	16	6	w
SIMILE	11	8	w
SONG	11	6	n
STANZA	11	6	nw
STRUCTURE	3	17	ne
THEME	14	8	s
TONE	3	9	e
VERSE	20	15	n