Hone Tuwhare Poetry

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Hone tuwhare uses specific styles in two poems called 'No Ordinary Sun' and 'Rain'. The styles he uses include senses and imagery. These helped develop the themes of nuclear bomb dominating nature and the senses of rain through the text. The style of imargery is conveyed in 'No Ordinary Sun' through personification, eg "tree let your arms fall". This relates the image of the tree giving up to the reader in terms that are understandable and that the reader is familiar with. The sadness of the nuclear domination is further conveyed by the use of alliteration in the poem, eg "sharply in supplication". This appeals to our senses to make the text more blievable and persuasive. In the text 'rain' Tuwhare uses repetition, eg "rain". While being the main idea of the text it also is repeated consistently through the text, emphasising the storyline. The repition makes the reader aware of the theme being developed in the text. Tuwhare uses personification, eg "by the lick of you" and "the steady drum-roll you make". This gives the text human characteristics which enables the reader to relate directly to the what is being described, and is thus persuasive in conveying the imagery. The style of imagery is mostly shown through personification by helping the reader understand the text more. "By the lick of you" helps the reader know that its wet and makes the text more relatable, believable and persuasive. Also, "let your arms fall" is another personication helping the reader know that the tree is demanded to give up as it has no other choice as the nuclear domination is stronger than the tree, which represents nature. The alliteration "sharply in supplication" appeals to the readers verbal senses and adds tone. These styles develop the themes of nuclear domination over nature and rain giving a soft imagery and sense, and convey these to the reader to
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