Poetry vs Prose

Normal language patterns.

• Poetry

• Prose

Doesn’t use a rhyme scheme or rhythm.

• Poetry

• Prose

Analyzing the words to understand the meaning.

• Poetry

• Prose

Easy to understand.

• Poetry

• Prose

May or may not be used creatively.

• Poetry

• Prose

Who defines the purpose of BOTH poems and prose?

• The audience

• The author

• The verse

• William Shakespeare

The structure that poems are written in is called _; a metrical composition.

What is a REFRAIN in poetry?

• a group of lines called a stanza

• a linear structure

• a repeating verse

• imagery

Which is written in "ordinary language"?

• Poem

• Prose

Which must have "rhythm"?

• Poem

• Prose