Poetic Terms

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

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ADJECTIVE	14	14	w
ALLITERATION	8	8	nw
COUPLET	10	14	nw
IMAGERY	5	5	s
METAPHOR	7	4	se
METRE	5	6	nw
NARRATOR	3	3	e
ONOMATOPOEIA	4	4	e
POETRY	11	8	sw
RHYME	5	10	nw
RHYTHM	10	3	e
SIMILE	11	11	ne
STANZA	10	12	nw
TONE	10	10	ne