I tēnei momo, ka hangaia he whakaahua i te hinengaro o te kaipānui, nā runga i te āhua o tā te kaituhi whakairo i āna kupu. He nui te whakamahinga o ngā nuka reo i roto i te tuhinga toikupu, pērā i te huarite, i te huahuatau me te orokati tārua.
In this type of writing, a picture is created in the mind of the reader according to the way the writer crafts their words. Literary devices such as rhyme, metaphor and alliteration are used extensively in poetic writing.
Ko te tuhinga toikupu tana tohungatanga.
Ko te kaupapa e arohia ana i tēnei wāhanga o te tau kura, ko te tuhinga toikupu.
He momo te tuhinga toikupu ka taka ki raro i te tuhinga auaha.