Hone Tuwhare is a distinguished NZ Maori poet. He predominantly writes in free verse, and uses strong colloquial language, originating from his working class background. Two of his more successful and well-known poems, 'No Ordinary Sun' and 'Bus Journey, South' are strong examples that exemplify the point that metaphor is at the heart of poetry.

The poem 'No Ordinary Sun' is a poem about Tuwhare's disapproval of nuclear testing and bombing. He explains that if an atomic bomb were to strike, it would result in the end of humankind. The most obvious metaphor is the comparison between the sun and the

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