Poems by an individual with a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome were an
alysed and compared with those of a comparison poet. Though the savant
poet performed less efficiently on formal language tests supposed to
tap creativity, there were few differences between the two poets in re
gard to the poems' content and the use of various structural devices.
The poems by the savant referred more often to aspects of self-analysi
s, while descriptions of people not related to the self were less freq
uent. Both poets made use of similes and metaphors. The results are di
scussed in terms of different modular domains within the language syst
em.