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	14	2	w
ALLITERATION	8	8	sw
COUPLET	10	2	sw
IMAGERY	5	11	n
METAPHOR	7	12	ne
METRE	5	10	w
NARRATOR	3	13	e
ONOMATOPOEIA	4	12	e
POETRY	11	8	nw
RHYME	5	6	sw
RHYTHM	10	13	e
SIMILE	11	5	se
STANZA	10	4	sw
TONE	10	6	se