Resources to help you find out about poetry.
Library resources
- Find New Zealand poetry in the library catalogue
- Find poetry for teens in the library catalogue
- Poetry
- All our information, links and resources about poetry gathered in one place. Includes information about New Zealand poets and local poetry groups.
- Gale Literature Resource Centre
- Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
- Poetry & Short Story Reference Centre
- Access this full-text resource for thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques.
Access this with your library card number and password / PIN, or at our libraries.
Poetry web resources
- New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
- A comprehensive electronic gateway to poetry resources in New Zealand and the Pacific region for a local and international audience of students, scholars, poets and interested members of the public.
- Poetry Archive
- Listen to contemporary poets, both past and present, reading their own work. Also included is a wealth of background material on each poet and some filmed interviews.
- Schools Poetry Awards
- The Award is normally held annually. It is free to enter and open to Year 12 and 13 students across New Zealand.
- SparkNotes Study Guides Poetry
- SparkNotes provides the context (personal and social) from which the poetry was derived, analysis, a summary and commentary. May require you to join but membership is free.
More NCEA and homework help
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