A poetic technique involving the modification, adaptation, or reworking of an existing text to create new meaning or artistic effect, commonly employed in found poetry, erasure poetry, and postmodern composition. This practice raises important questions about authorship, originality, and intertextuality, as seen in T.S. Eliot's use of literary quotations in "The Waste Land" or contemporary erasure poets who systematically delete portions of source texts to reveal new poems hidden within the original material.

Important technique in found poetry, erasure, and postmodern composition. Raises questions about authorship and originality. T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" is a landmark example of incorporating altered quotations.