Prose
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This article is about the language form. For legal term uses, see
Pro se. For the American author, see
Francine Prose.
is a form of
language which applies ordinary
grammatical structure and
natural flow of speech rather than
rhythmic structure (as in traditional
poetry). While there are
critical debates
on the construction of prose, its simplicity and loosely defined
structure has led to its adoption for the majority of spoken dialogue,
factual discourse as well as topical and fictional writing. It is
commonly used, for example, in
literature,
newspapers,
magazines,
encyclopedias,
broadcasting,
film,
history,
philosophy,
law and many other forms of communication.
Structure
Prose benefits the more informal metrical structure of
verse that is almost always found in traditional
poetry. Poems usually involve a
meter and/or
rhyme
scheme. Prose, instead, comprises full, grammatical sentences, which
then constitute paragraphs and overlook aesthetic appeal. Some works of
prose do contain traces of metrical structure or
versification and a conscious blend of the two literature formats is known as
prose poetry. Similarly, any work of verse with more rules and restrictions is known as
free verse.
Verse is considered to be more systematic or formulaic, whereas prose
is the most reflective of ordinary (often conversational) speech. On
this point
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
requested, jokingly, that novice poets should know the "definitions of
prose and poetry; that is, prose,—words in their best order; poetry,—the
best words in their best order."
[1] In
Molière's play
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,
Monsieur Jourdain asked for something to be written in neither verse
nor prose. A philosophy master replied that "there is no other way to
express oneself than with prose or verse," for the simple reason being
that "everything that is not prose is verse, and everything that is not
verse is prose."
[2] "So, concerning the mentioned definition, we can say that “thinking is translating
‘prosaic-ideas’ without accessories” since ideas (in brain) do not follow any metrical composition."
[3]
Types
There are many types of prose, including
nonfictional prose,
heroic prose,
prose poem,
polyphonic prose,
alliterative prose,
prose fiction and
village prose in
Russian literature.
[4] A prose poem is a composition in prose that has some of the qualities of a poem.
[5]
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