1. prose - Noun
2. prose - Adjective
3. prose - Verb
4. Prose - Proper noun
The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
To write in prose.
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
To write prose.
Source: Webster's dictionary2. The music Joyce knew: Music frequently found its way into Joyce's poetry and prose. Source: Internet
4. Music to Joyce's words: Music that uses Joyce's texts most frequently appears as settings of his poems in songs, and occasionally as excerpts from prose works. Source: Internet
A collaboration with musicians Nick Cave and Tom Waits resulted in a collection of short prose, Smack My Crack, later released as a spoken word album in 1987. Source: Internet
After some ten years of development, which Zamenhof spent translating literature into Esperanto as well as writing original prose and verse, the first book of Esperanto grammar was published in Warsaw on the 26th of July 1887. Source: Internet
Although Potter was aware of art and artistic trends, her drawing and her prose style were uniquely her own. Source: Internet
A close analysis of the alterations which Edgeworth's style underwent when it was pressed into the service of overt didacticism should serve to illuminate the relationship between prose technique and didactic purpose in her work. Source: Internet