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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. 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).