The Syntheme as poetic form involves presenting two poems side-by-side such that the interaction between the poems creates a conversation. These conversations are called “synthemes” drawing from Fichte’s triad of thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

The pure syntheme presents a new original poem by one author positioned opposite an existing poem or text to which it is formally and/or thematically connected. Each original poem presents imitation, argumentation, or evolution of/with/from the prior ...