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Poetry and Verse

Prose and Short Stories

 

(po·et·ry) n.

(prose) n.

 
  1. The art or work of a poet; composition in verse or metrical language, or in some equivalent patterned arrangement of language;   The ordinary form of written or spoken language, without metrical structure, esp. as a literary form as distinct from poetry or verse.

2. The expression or embodiment of beautiful or elevated thought, imagination, or feeling, in language and a form adapted to stir the imagination and emotions.

(short story) n.

A short piece of fiction, having few characters and aiming at unity of effect.