"prose poem" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prose poems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prose poem (plural prose poems)
  1. (literature) 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. Categories (topical): Literature, Poetry Synonyms: prose-poem Related terms: prose poet, prose poetry Translations (literary text): proosaruno (Finnish), poema en prosa (Galician), πεζοτράγουδο (pezotrágoudo) [neuter] (Greek), prózavers (Hungarian), poem în proză [neuter] (Romanian)

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