Differentiate Prose and Poetry (Definitions and their Differences)

DIFFERENTIATE PROSE AND POETRY – Learn about prose and poetry, their types, definitions, and some of their differences.

Prose and poetry are pretty close in terms of some factors, but really, these two are two different things. The prose is straightforward while poetry is artistic and passionate when it comes to expressing intense feelings.

These are the similarities of prose and poetry including their differences. Check them out below!

SIMILARITIES OF PROSE AND POETRY – Prose and poetry are forms of literature and these are the similarities and differences between these two.

Prose has four common types: fictional prose, non-fictional prose, heroic prose, and poetic prose. Poetry, on the other hand, is a written work based on a particular form, that creates a rhyme. Poetry has stanzas and there’s a unique style of writing this. And prose can be found in newspaper articles, blogs, short stories, and others.

Here are some types of poetry:

• Sonnets 
• Haiku 
• Acrostic 
• Free verse 
• Epic
• Rhymed
• Descriptive
• Narrative

When it comes to the language used, the prose is more direct and straightforward while poetry is expressive and aesthetically decorated with words to express intense emotions and passion.

Here’s an example of prose:

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This tree has two million and seventy-five thousand leaves. Perhaps I missed a leaf or two but I do feel triumphant at having persisted in counting by hand branch by branch and marked down on paper with pencil each total. Adding them up was a pleasure I could understand; I did something on my own that was not dependent on others, and to count leaves is not less meaningful than to count the stars, as astronomers are always doing…

Here’s an example of a poem:

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost:

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

What are the similarities between the two?

• Use literary devices such as metaphor, simile, symbolism, paradox, imagery, and many more.
• Present points and thoughts to the audience.
• Convey a message.
• Uses rhyme and repetition to establish a rhythm.
• Both can deal with different topics.

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