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Definition of Prose
Prose

The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.

Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.

Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.

Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

To write in prose.

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

To write prose.

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Prose Quotations

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
Moliere

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.
H. L. Mencken

Always be a poet, even in prose.
Charles Baudelaire

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.
George Orwell

Prose Translations

prose in Dutch is proza
prose in French is prose
prose in German is Prosa
prose in Portuguese is prosa
prose in Spanish is prosa
prose in Swedish is prosa


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