Prose or mere words?

[NorthwestRain]

Can anyone explain the difference between prose and words? Perhaps provide a quick example of the two and how they manifest themselves in a sentence?
Would be greatly appreciated.

 

[McKenna]

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[gauchecritic]

Maybe this thread will help.

That's my definition of prose. The kind of stuff that you have to concentrate to read.

When it gets flowery and imagery intensive then it can become 'purple prose'.

Gauche

 

[whispering_surrender]

Silly me. I keep trying to write purple prose with a crayon....

Whisp

 

[damppanties]

Silly me. I keep trying to write purple prose with a crayon....

Whisp

That's the best kind...

 

[NoJo]

The main difference
Between
Prose and Poetry

Is how you
Use Carriage Returns.

 

[whispering_surrender]

That's the best kind...

Maybe so, but Raph gets frustrated if I cover up too much of the computer monitor with crayon marks.....*pout*

Whisp

 

[dr_mabeuse]

The study of literature traditionally comprises poetry and prose, so anything that's not poetry is prose by default.

In fiction, prose is often used to describe the non-dialogue part of a story: explanations, descriptions, background, etc. Other than that, prose is just writing.

---dr.M.

 

[Dirt Man]

Prose can be poetic, but it is still prose. For instance take Mckenna's AV. Discribing it would be prose, but that AV is sheer poetry at a glance.

As Always
I Am the
Dirt Man

 

[McKenna]

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[Guest]

Can anyone explain the difference between prose and words? Perhaps provide a quick example of the two and how they manifest themselves in a sentence?

I cannot still be sure you are serious, as the first question is put so oddly to me. Prose is one thing you can make with words. You can also use words to make poetry, file folder labels, prayers, lists and letters (correspondence).

Your post was in prose.

Perdita

 

[CharleyH]

definately agree with the good Dr, and Ms. Perdita.

Yet, words, in themselves, always a broken down symbol that is more than the sum of it's parts, and which helps . . .

must I give a semiotics lesson here?

 

[McKenna]

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[Guest]

must I give a semiotics lesson here?

No, thanks; no category for semiotics on Lit. (thankchrist!)

Perdita

 

[CharleyH]

LOL

 

[champagne1982]

definately agree with the good Dr, and Ms. Perdita.

Yet, words, in themselves, always a broken down symbol that is more than the sum of it's parts, and which helps . . .

must I give a semiotics lesson here?

Do spell it out for us, and try to get the proper stress on everything. I know we're all on the same page, but I'd hate to become pragmatic when it's all just semantics anyway.

[hum]a b c d .. [/hum]

 

[NorthwestRain]

Thanks

Much thanks, hangalonaga,
Lucka souvlaki.
Bye

 

[sirhugs]

Silly me. I keep trying to write purple prose with a crayon....

Whisp

I bet you're glad Mr. Clean brought out those wall ereasers then

 

[sirhugs]

definately agree with the good Dr, and Ms. Perdita.

Yet, words, in themselves, always a broken down symbol that is more than the sum of it's parts, and which helps . . .

must I give a semiotics lesson here?

semiotics...is that like a bisexual who likes aural sex?

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

M. Jourdain "Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it."

"Tout ce qui n'est point prose est vers; et tout ce qui n'est point vers est prose."

(All that is not prose is verse; all that is not verse is prose)

Moliere - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme


Jeanne