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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prose work that has poetic characteristics such as vivid imagery and concentrated expression.
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- noun literature A
literary text written in the manner of prose—without the fixed lines,rhyme , andmeter often characteristic ofpoetry —but nonetheless clearly possessing some of thedistinctive attributes of poetry, such aslyrical language,evocation of feeling, vivid imagery,metaphor , and linguistic devices likeassonance oralliteration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun prose that resembles poetry
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