A poet does not usually use as many words as a short story or novel author.
the author is Truman Capote, and it's actually a short story
A novel differs from a short story because it is more likely to include a subplot.
a short novel or long short story.
Seymour Cunningham Chunn has written: 'Plotting the short story' -- subject(s): Short story, Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
Rip van Winkle was not really a novel - rather it was a short story (which fits with the category where this question was asked). "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819.
A short novel or a long short story.
By comparing to the average length of a novel.
Short Story
The author of the novel "Of Human Bondage" is W. Somerset Maugham, an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. The novel follows the life of Philip Carey, a young man struggling to find his identity and purpose in the world.
This isn't necessarily true. Epic poems, like the Iliad, are very long and can be as long as a full novel. A poem can be as long as the poet desires. A poet isn't limited in the number of words he or she can use.
It's a (fairly short) novel.
no similarities both are forms of writing novels are fiction, poems can be too novels are prose narrative, poems can be too both can use literary devices such as metaphor simile