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poetics | prose |

As an adjective poetics

is .

As a noun prose is

language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

As a verb prose is

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

poetics

English

Noun

(poetics)
  • (philosophy, literature) The theory of poetry, or of literature in general
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=October 21, author=, title=Bird Watching, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Both significantly build on the poetics of death and dissolution that Black and Tan broached so powerfully

    See also

    * (wikipedia "poetics")

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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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