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echo poem

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.

Noun

echo poem (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.

Forms of echo poem

pluralecho poems

Origin of echo poem

After a technique developed by Aurélien Dauguet in 1972.

Questions about echo poem

What does echo poem mean?
Echo poem means a poem constructed by the surrealist technique of alternately writing a stanza and then "mirroring" it in some fashion to create the following stanza.
What part of speech is echo poem?
Echo poem is a noun.
What is the plural of echo poem?
The plural of echo poem is echo poems.

Words near echo poem in the dictionary

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  8. echo sounder
  9. echo sounders
  10. echo sounding
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