That poem mixes prose with poetry.
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Prose
/ˈpɹəʊz/
Synonyms for "prose" (66 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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hackneyed sayingin proselanguagelieu communlocus communismatter of factmatter-of-factmatter-of-factnessnonmetricalnonpoeticold jokeold sawold songold storyplain
Noun(3 words)
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Noun(5 words)
plainnessplatitudeplatitudinizepolyphonic proseprosaicprosaicismprosaicnessprosaismprosinessprosingprosyrapreiterationretold storystereotyped sayingtalktexttrite sayingtriticismtwice told tale
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Adjective(1 words)
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10 entriesacademic prosedescriptive proseexpository prosefiction prosejournalistic prosenarrative prosenonfiction prosepersuasive proseprose pieceprose writing
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9 entriesacademic proseclear prosedescriptive proseexpository prosenarrative proseplain proseprose styleprose textprose writing
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16 total sentences available.
This poem reads like a piece of prose.
Source: tatoeba (59049)
He isn't a poet; he's a prose writer.
Source: tatoeba (298219)
A bad writer's prose is full of hackneyed phrases.
Source: tatoeba (715764)
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