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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).
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