prose and verse
1prose — [ prouz ] noun uncount * written language in its ordinary form, as opposed to poetry: She writes beautiful prose. in prose: He recorded his emotions in prose and verse …
2prose */ — UK [prəʊz] / US [proʊz] noun [uncountable] literature written language in its ordinary form, as opposed to poetry She writes beautiful prose. in prose: He recorded his emotions in prose and verse …
3Prose or Sequence — • A liturgical hymn used on certain festivals before the Gospel in the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prose Or Sequence Prose or Sequence …
4Prose — Prose, n. [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See {Verse}.] 1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical… …
5Verse drama and dramatic verse — Verse drama is any drama written as verse to be spoken; another possible general term is poetic drama. For a very long period, verse drama was the dominant form of drama in Europe (and was also important in non European cultures). Greek tragedy… …
6Prose — For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles, see . literaturecontains five or more sentences in passages.Prose is writing that resembles everyday speech. The word prose is derived from the Latin prosa , which literally translates to… …
7prose — proselike, adj. /prohz/, n., adj., v., prosed, prosing. n. 1. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. 2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality,… …
8verse — noun 1 (C) a set of lines that forms one part of a song: Let s sing the last verse again. compare chorus 1 (1) 2 (C) a set of lines of poetry that forms one part of a poem, and that usually has a pattern that is repeated in the other parts: Learn …
9Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature …
10fable, parable, and allegory — Introduction any form of imaginative literature (allegory) or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story (rhetoric) is… …
