RE: Kafka and rile and Perplexity State University

Michael,
your second entry;
meanings one and two
             describe
                   a large
    chunk of
modern
     "'"p o e t r y"'" .

Daniel

dictionary.com will solves all. benjamin franklin pierce's favorite book
was the dictionary. he's so cool.

po·em
noun.
1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions
in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen
for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques
such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
2. A composition in verse rather than in prose.
3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language
more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
4. A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry.

[French poème, from Old French, from Latin poma, from Greek poima, from
poiein, to create. See kwei-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

prose
noun.
1. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.
2. Commonplace expression or quality.
3. Roman Catholic Church. A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prsa (rti), straightforward
(discourse), feminine of prsus, alteration of prrsus, from prversus, past
participle of prvertere, to turn forward : pr-, forward; see pro-1 +
vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

>>> daniel.yocum@Peterson.af.mil 06/30/03 10:10AM >>>
Jim, prose is always not a poem.
Daniel

Oh good lord...don't get that discussion going :).

Jim

> So when is prose not a poem?
>
> Daniel
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