prose poem
A literary text written in the manner of prose—without the fixed lines, rhyme, and…A literary text written in the manner of prose—without the fixed lines, rhyme, and meter often characteristic of poetry—but nonetheless clearly possessing some of the distinctive attributes of poetry, such as lyrical language, evocation of feeling, vivid imagery, metaphor, and linguistic devices like assonance or alliteration.
Meaning
1 sensesA literary text written in the manner of prose—without the fixed lines, rhyme, and meter often characteristic of poetry—but nonetheless clearly possessing some of the distinctive attributes of poetry, such as lyrical language, evocation of feeling, vivid imagery, metaphor, and linguistic devices like assonance or alliteration.
- prose that resembles poetry
Examples
3 sentencesThis is a prose poem, right?
Tom has a collection of prose poems coming out.
What's the difference between a prose poem and regular prose?