What is a prose?

Question: What is a prose!?

and what is the main difference between a poem and a prose!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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In general, and this is a very difficult question because of the difficulty in defining each term, "poetry" refers to a poem, that is, a work that has lines and stanzas and a rhythm, while "prose" could refer to anything that isn't poetry, such as a short story!. Prose usually follows general grammatical and spelling rules, while poetry isn't often limited by these!.

Poetry is often linear and is divided by stanzas, while prose is separated by paragraphs!.

For more analysis, let us turn to Robert Frost's poem, Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening:

Whose woods these are I think I know!.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow!.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year!.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake!.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake!.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep!.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!.

It is composed of in lines, and if it were longer, Frost might have chosen to break it up into stanzas, or groups of lines!. also notice how Frost breaks traditional rules of prose by repeating the last two lines!. In prose English, a sentence composed of "And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep" just wouldn't fly!. However, the repetition of the last two lines emphasizes just how long the narrator of the poem has to travel before he gets to sleep!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to everyday speech!. A poem, however, is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning!.

So basically, the only defference between them is that a prose is written in a more relaxed, everyday tone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Main Entry: 1prose
Pronunciation: \?prōz\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin prosa, from feminine of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn — more at pro-, worth
Date: 14th century
1 a: the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing b: a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech
2: a prosaic style, quality, or conditionWww@QuestionHome@Com

You are using this word incorrectly!. Prose is defined as ordinary written or spoken language!. It is used generally to distingish laguage, written or spoken as different from poetry!. You do not speak of something as "a prose"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com