some of his poems in altawq indicate that he tried the ascetic approach in his poetry in an early period and that he lengthened his poems especially the didactic and proud ones. ibn hazms poetry compositions increased after altawq and he may have reduced the talk about love in it but he increased his preaching jurisprudence defense of his doctrine praise of hadith and his books and his spontaneity increased until his poetry moved away from correct poetry. his student alhamidi collected his poetry and arranged it alphabetically but this collection did not reach us.
بعض قصائده في الطوق على انه جرب المنحى الزهدي في شعره في عهد مبكر، وأنه كان يطيل في قصائده وخاصة الوعظية والفخرية. وسيزداد نظم ابن حزم للشعر بعد الطوق، وربما قلل فيه من الحديث عن الحب، غير أنه أكثر من الوعظيات والفقيهات والدفاع عن مذهبه ومدح الحديث وكتبه، وزادت البديهة لديه، حتى ابتعد نظمه عن الشعر الصحيح، وقد قام تلميذه الحميدي بجمع شعره وترتيبه على حروف المعجم، ولكن هذا الديوان لم يصلنا.