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"The term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern" | "The term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern". The word derives from "Latin Prosa or proversa oratio, 'straight forward discourse'" (Cuddon 705). Holman states "that while prose is like verse in that good prose has a rhythm, it is unlike verse in that this rhythm is not to be scanned by any of the normal metrical schemes" (382). | ||
An example of a prose is "Homeric epic"(Fowler 191). | An example of a prose is "Homeric epic" (Fowler 191). | ||
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