Poetic Terms

ADJECTIVE
ALLITERATION
COUPLET
IMAGERY
METAPHOR
METRE
NARRATOR
ONOMATOPOEIA
POETRY
RHYME
RHYTHM
SIMILE
STANZA
TONE

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ADJECTIVE	2	2	e
ALLITERATION	8	8	se
COUPLET	6	2	se
IMAGERY	11	11	n
METAPHOR	9	12	nw
METRE	11	10	nw
NARRATOR	13	13	n
ONOMATOPOEIA	12	12	w
POETRY	5	8	ne
RHYME	11	6	ne
RHYTHM	13	6	n
SIMILE	5	5	sw
STANZA	6	4	se
TONE	6	6	sw