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Traditional Māori poetry was always sung or chanted,[1] musical rhythms rather than linguistic devices served to distinguish it from prose. There is a large store of traditional chants and songs.[2] Rhyme or assonance were not devices used by the Māori; only when a given text is sung or chanted will the metre become apparent. The lines are indicated by features of the music. The language of poetry tends to differ stylistically from prose. Typical features of poetic diction are the use of synonyms or contrastive opposites, and the repetition of key words. As with poetry in other languages: "Archaic words are common, including many which have lost any specific meaning and acquired a religious mystique. Abbreviated, sometimes cryptic utterances and the use of certain grammatical constructions not found in prose are also common" (Biggs 1966:447–448). Modern Māori poets
References1. ^"Literary Forms", B.G. Biggs, Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, (1966) 2. ^"Chapter VIII. — The Poetry of the Maori", The Maori: Yesterday and To-day, James Cowan, 1930 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao28TeA/c7.html|title=TE AO HOU : The New World : MAORI WRITERS' ISSUE [electronic resource]|website=Teaohou.natlib.govt.nz|accessdate=10 September 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/features/florence/habib_texts.asp|title=Love, War and Last Things - NZEPC|website=Nzepc.auckland.ac.nz|accessdate=10 September 2017}} Bibliography
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