Poetry Vocabulary

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IMAGE
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PERSONIFICATION
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SENSORYLANGUAGE
SIMILE
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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	13	13	w
IDIOM	7	2	sw
IMAGE	9	2	sw
METAPHOR	14	5	w
MOOD	14	5	sw
MOOD	14	5	sw
ONOMATOPOEIA	14	2	s
PERSONIFICATION	2	2	e
PUNS	1	2	s
RHYME	6	6	e
RHYTHM	6	6	s
SENSORYLANGUAGE	8	8	se
SIMILE	1	1	e
THEME	5	13	nw