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What is Prose?

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Ernz  #513171  Tue, 13 May 08 03:26 PM

Hey, recently I have been introduced to prose in university. But I have been really confused. I have been given the task to write a short story in the form of prose.

What exactly does it mean?  

Would novels (for example, The Lords of the Ring) be considered as prose?

Thanks in advance. 
  
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Feebs11  #513218  Tue, 13 May 08 06:51 PM
 Anything that is not poetry is prose. So anything you write as an essay is prose.

 

And yes, novels are 99.99 per cent of the time prose works.
  
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Ernz  #513353  Wed, 14 May 08 01:42 AM

Thanks Feebs11. Your explaination was so much more simple than my lecturer's. He had me confused. :P
  
shaved  #516764  Wed, 21 May 08 08:34 PM

WHAT IS PROSE???

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WHAT IS PROSE??

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shaved  #516768  Wed, 21 May 08 08:43 PM
In a world we call our home there's lots of room to roam Plenty of time to turn mistakes into rhyme There's a place for those who love their poetry It's just across from the sign that says, "Pros Only"
  
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