echo poem

noun

A poem constructed by the surrealist technique of alternately writing a stanza and then "mirroring" it in some fashion to create the following stanza.

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Meanings

nounecho poem (plural echo poems)

plural echo poems

  1. A poem constructed by the surrealist technique of alternately writing a stanza and then "mirroring" it in some fashion to create the following stanza.

Origin

After a technique developed by Aurélien Dauguet in 1972.

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APA

echo poem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echo%20poem

MLA

“echo poem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echo%20poem. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echo poem,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echo%20poem.

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