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Prose

-free from rhythmical pattern

-straight forward

-uses simple words

-ordinary spoken

-more on facts

-in paragraph form

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Poetry

-uses rhyming words and metrical patterns

-it has lines and stanzas

-uses figurative language

-uses symbolism

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15y ago

Poetry. As a form of literature, the earliest prose is more recent by many centuries than poetry. Prose is writing with the words in the best order, but poetry is the best words in the best order.

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Prose which is a form of poetry has been around since ancient times. Therefore, poetry came first and not literacy.

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