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Collage poem

Form
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A poetic form constructed by assembling textual fragments from diverse sources into a new, cohesive whole.

Detailed Definition
A collage poem assembles fragments—quotations, found text, disparate images—into a new whole, prioritizing juxtaposition over narrative continuity; influenced by modernist and Dada practices, it reflects the fractured consciousness of contemporary experience.
Example
Example in poetry:
A Collage poem assembles disparate textual fragments into a new whole; T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” uses this technique: “Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, / Had a bad cold, nevertheless / Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe...”
Additional Notes
Poem assembling fragments from various sources into new composition. Techniques include cutting, pasting, juxtaposition. Related to: found poetry, montage. Modernist and postmodern technique.
Also Known As
Patchwork poem assemblage verse composite poetry collage verse centonic composition Found poem Found text Patchwork lyric assembled poem Textual mosaic
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