TREASURE OF POESY: Literary Eassy:Seven

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• Anyone who is blind to such beauties of nature and deaf to her music must be dead in the soul. The visible shapes of nature, her sights, and sounds speak to the poet the language of love and beauty.
• Prose and poetry are two ways of classifying types of writing. Sometimes we group poetry according to the topic matter, say fiction, non-fiction, mystery, drama, and so on, but here we are grouping it according to format. Fortunately, the distinction between what is prose and what is poetry is usually pretty instinctive.
• Poems are often easy to spot because the author is usually working to create a unique structure involving all of the senses. For instance, the poet may arrange words very deliberately on the page to look a certain way; poets choose words not only for their meaning but also because they rhyme or sound out a special rhythm; some poets even limit themselves to a fixed number of words or syllables. Even punctuation and grammar can be manipulated by the poet to fit in with the poem's structure.
• In contrast, the word “prose” comes from a Latin word meaning straightforward, and that's what prose writing is like. The story being told might be complex, but you can count on all the features of everyday speech, such as paragraphs, sentences, and all the usual punctuation. Types of poetry that usually fall into the prose category include most essays, short stories, novels, and plays.
• Just to keep you on your toes, be aware that poet’s sometimes dabbled in a combination of both forms. For example, Shakespeare is known for switching back and forth within his plays, having certain characters speak in poetry and others in prose.
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