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"The term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern"(Holman 382)." "The word derives from Latin Prosa or proversa oratio, 'straight forward discourse'"(Cuddon 705). | "The term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern" (Holman 382)." "The word derives from Latin Prosa or proversa oratio, 'straight forward discourse'" (Cuddon 705). | ||
An example of a prose is "Homeric epic"(Fowler 191). | An example of a prose is "Homeric epic" (Fowler 191). | ||
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"The term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern" (Holman 382)." "The word derives from Latin Prosa or proversa oratio, 'straight forward discourse'" (Cuddon 705).
An example of a prose is "Homeric epic" (Fowler 191).
Work Cited
Holman, Hugh C. A Handbook To Literature. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1936.
Cudden, J. A. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Fourth Edition. Great Britain, Penguin Group, 1977.
Fowler, Roger. A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. London and New York: Routledge, 1987.