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Limerick vs Prose - What's the difference?

limerick | prose |

As nouns the difference between limerick and prose

is that limerick is a humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically has a 9-9-6-6-9 cadence while prose is language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

As a proper noun Limerick

is a county in the Republic of Ireland.

As a verb prose is

to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

limerick

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba , and typically has a 9-9-6-6-9 cadence.

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    prose

    English

    (wikipedia prose)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
    • Though known mostly for her prose , she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
  • * Milton
    • things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme
  • Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

    • Antonyms

    * poetry, verse

    Derived terms

    * prose poem * purple prose

    Related terms

    * prosaic * prosody

    Verb

  • to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
    • Pray, do not prose , good Ethelbert, but speak
    What is your purpose?

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