1. Studying Poetry
Genre Introduction

2. What do you expect to be involved in studying poetry?
What kinds of things do you think you will be doing?
What sort of things will you be thinking about?
What are some terms you will need to know?

3. Mix and match the following sound techniques to their definitions
Alliteration
The deliberate repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a sequence of words
Sibilance
Words that imitate the sounds associated with that word
Assonance
The repetition or duplication of sounds at regular intervals.
Rhyme
The repetition of consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Onomatopoeia
Repetition of letters sounding like a hiss e.g. “s” and some “z”

4. What terms do you know to describe the punctuation in the lines of poetry?
Caesura
Enjambment
End-Stopped Line
What do each of these terms describe?

5. Match the following imagery terms to their definitions
Technique
Definition
Metaphor
Comparison of two things by saying something is like something else
Simile
Giving something non-human, human qualities
Personification
Comparison of two things saying something is something else

6. What are some other techniques or features which you think you will need to know?

7. Activity: Close Reading a Poem
Read the poem “No Ordinary Sun” by Hone Tuwhare and complete the following tasks:
Identify any words which you do not know. Find and record their meanings.
Describe the tone of the poem. How is this tone achieved?
Identify and important figurative language technique used in this poem. Explain its effect.
Identify at two more language features used by Tuwhare and explain their effects.
Explain what you think Tuwhare’s purpose is in this poem. What does he want us to think/understand?