# echo poem

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
After a technique developed by Aurélien Dauguet in 1972.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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