Lingua Technica: Journal of Digital Literary Studies
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Meta-literature: between authorship and machine-mediated literary creativity

Prompting as poetic practice: human–AI collaboration and the making of algorithmic literary voice

Muhammad Khairul Umam (International Islamic University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2026

Abstract

Background: Generative language models have transformed poetry writing into an iterative practice in which prompts, outputs, revisions, interfaces, and platforms jointly shape literary production. Objective: This study examines how prompting functions poetically, how creative agency is negotiated during human–AI collaboration, and how algorithmic literary voice emerges across documented digital writing practices. Method: A qualitative multiple-case corpus design analyzed 34 verified public documents, 41 text units, and 41 source-linked coding units through a Prompt–Rhetoric Coding Matrix, Human–AI Negotiation Sequence Analysis, and Algorithmic Literary Voice Profile. Results: Dialogic and evaluative prompting formed the largest prompting configuration, indicating that poetic composition depended on reformulation, assessment, and constraint rather than single-turn instruction. Human-directed control remained prominent across interaction sequences, although automation, platform mediation, and distributed participation produced several asymmetrical forms of collaboration. Hybrid and human-curated voice profiles exceeded purely model-conditioned patterns, demonstrating that literary voice developed through combined traces of prompting, editing, stylistic recurrence, attribution, code, and circulation. Implication: These findings reposition authorship as a traceable distribution of compositional decisions rather than a binary division between human and machine production. Novelty: This study integrates prompt rhetoric, interactional agency, and platform-mediated stylistics within one auditable framework for analyzing AI-assisted poetry in contemporary digital literary culture.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lingtech

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Lingua Technica: Journal of Digital Literary Studies is a peer-reviewed international journal published by Asosiasi Relawan dan Pengelola Jurnal LPTNU (ARJUNU). This journal is dedicated to exploring the intersection of language, literature, and technology within the realm of digital ...