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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prosa,  from [[feminine]] of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere  to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prosa,  from [[feminine]] of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere  to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn  

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]  

*1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]  

'''Prose''' is the most [[typical]] [[form]] of [[language]]. The [[English]] [[word]] 'prose' is derived from the Latin prōsa, which [[literally]] translates as 'straight-forward.' While there are [[critical]] [[debates]] on the construction of prose, its [[simplicity]] and loosely defined [[structure]] has led to its adoption for the [[majority]] of spoken [[dialogue]], factual [[discourse]] as well as topical and [[fiction]]al [[writing]]. It is commonly used, for example, in [[literature]], newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, broadcasting, [[film]], [[history]], [[philosophy]]  and many other [[forms]] of [[communication]].

'''Prose''' is the most [[typical]] [[form]] of [[language]]. The [[English]] [[word]] 'prose' is derived from the Latin prōsa, which [[literally]] translates as 'straight-forward.' While there are [[critical]] [[debates]] on the construction of prose, its [[simplicity]] and loosely defined [[structure]] has led to its adoption for the [[majority]] of spoken [[dialogue]], factual [[discourse]] as well as topical and [[fiction]]al [[writing]]. It is commonly used, for example, in [[literature]], newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, broadcasting, [[film]], [[history]], [[philosophy]]  and many other [[forms]] of [[communication]].

==Structure==

==Structure==

Prose lacks the more [[formal]] [[structure]] of a [[poem]], in the guise of either a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(poetry) meter] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme rhyme], but instead comprises full sentences, which then [[constitute]] paragraphs. Although some works of prose do contain traces of metrical structure or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versification versification], a [[conscious]] blend of the two forms of [[literature]] is known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_poetry prose poem]. Similarly, [[poetry]] with fewer rules and restrictions is known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse free verse]. [[Poetry]] is considered to be more [[systematic]] or [[formulaic]], whereas prose is the most [[reflective]] of ordinary [[speech]]. On this point [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge] requested, jokingly, that novice poets should "remember my homely definitions of ''prose'' and [[poetry]]; that is, prose,—[[words]] in their best order; poetry,—the best words in their best order."  In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re Molière]'s play [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_Gentilhomme Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme], Monsieur Jourdain asked for something to be [[written]] in neither verse nor prose. A [[philosophy]] master replied that "there is no other way to [[express]] oneself than with prose or verse," for the simple [[reason]] being that "everything that is not prose is verse, and everything that is not verse is prose." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose]

Prose lacks the more [[formal]] [[structure]] of a [[poem]], in the guise of either a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(poetry) meter] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme rhyme], but instead comprises full sentences, which then [[constitute]] paragraphs. Although some works of prose do contain traces of metrical structure or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versification versification], a [[conscious]] blend of the two forms of [[literature]] is known as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_poetry prose poem]. Similarly, [[poetry]] with fewer rules and restrictions is known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse free verse]. [[Poetry]] is considered to be more [[systematic]] or [[formulaic]], whereas prose is the most [[reflective]] of ordinary [[speech]]. On this point [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge] requested, jokingly, that novice poets should "remember my homely definitions of ''prose'' and [[poetry]]; that is, prose,—[[words]] in their best order; poetry,—the best words in their best order."  In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re Molière]'s play [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_Gentilhomme Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme], Monsieur Jourdain asked for something to be [[written]] in neither verse nor prose. A [[philosophy]] master replied that "there is no other way to [[express]] oneself than with prose or verse," for the simple [[reason]] being that "everything that is not prose is verse, and everything that is not verse is prose." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]