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Prose vs. Poetry
Pick your favorite one and use it to explain the differences/limitations of the other.
Stormwinds13

An argument of words

Poetry is a dance

a mixture of techniques

form, imagery, syballance.

Anything is acceptable

and symbols intertwine in messages half-seen,

interpretations different every read.

Prose is the long-form of poetry, taking free verse to its logical extremes. Words are given more space to pair up, forming new implications separate from the meanings which they are assigned by years of literature. Characters interact, build, and destroy relationships, are given more time to develop and grow and die. Stories rise, and kingdoms fall.

Both are interchangeable,

free verse poems like prose

and prose like poetry,

though I prefer the stories of prose.