prose poem

Noun

 * 1)  A literary text written in the manner of prose—without the fixed lines, rhyme, and meter often characteristic of poetry—but nonetheless clearly possessing some of the distinctive attributes of poetry, such as lyrical language, evocation of feeling, vivid imagery, metaphor, and linguistic devices like assonance or alliteration.
 * 2) * 1915, John Galsworthy, in Preface to Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest  (1904) by W. H. Hudson:
 * In form and spirit the book is unique, a simple romantic narrative transmuted by sheer glow of beauty into a prose poem.
 * 1) * 1915, John Galsworthy, in Preface to Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest  (1904) by W. H. Hudson:
 * In form and spirit the book is unique, a simple romantic narrative transmuted by sheer glow of beauty into a prose poem.

Translations

 * Finnish: proosaruno
 * Galician: poema en prosa
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