M.A. / This study aims at assessing the use of stylistic techniques as employed by Reuben Ntalo Phume in his poetry contained in Bohloko Ba Maikutlo (1995). It encompasses five chapters. Chapter One introduces the study by highlighting its aims, scope, method of research, definition of the concepts of style and literary stylistics, a biographical note of R. N. Phume, the significance of study and a summary of the anthology Bohloko Ba Maikutlo. Chapter Two deals with techniques pertaining to imagery. These techniques include simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, symbolism and euphemism. Chapter Three concentrates on the idiomatic expressions employed by the poet. These expressions include proverbs and idioms. Chapter Four focuses on ideophones as they are used in the poetry under study. Chapter Five is the conclusion of the study, with the inclusion of the summary of the study, evaluation and recommendations.