A Collation stanza is a poetic unit that gathers, compares, or synthesizes multiple sources, voices, or perspectives into a unified structure—akin to textual collation in scholarship; this form often employs intertextuality, polyphony, or dialogic arrangement to explore historical memory, cultural hybridity, or epistemological uncertainty, as seen in the archival poetics of Susan Howe or the multilingual stanzas of Nathaniel Mackey, where collation becomes a method of critical inquiry.

Stanza comparing or assembling multiple texts or versions. May present variants or editorial choices. Related to: found poetry, documentary verse. Scholarly or experimental approach.