If you write, "I walked about all alone over the hillsides," that's prose. If you say, "I wondered lonely as a cloud/that floats on high o'er vales and hills" that's poetry.

POETRY - literary work that is written in stanzas and lines that make use of rhythm in order to emphasize or express emotions and ideas, to stir a reader's imagination or emotions.

What makes a poem a poem is the ability to make the reader feel something. Poetry is a set of techniques, ways of making patterns that put emotions into words. It can help you figure out how you feel. Putting words on paper allows you organize your thoughts.

Three main kinds of poetry: narrative, dramatic and lyrical.

What are the features of poetry?

Rhyme (using rhyming words to create a certain effect)

Rhythm

Repetition (to create a musical effect)

Figurative Language

Metre

Shape

Mood

Diction

poetic meter Meter is the rhythm of a poem, including syllables per line and which syllables are emphasized., language play, and a focus on images rather than narrative, plot, and character

PROSE - any written piece of work that is built on sentences and paragraphs rather than lines or verses with metrical or rhyming structure (novels, short stories, essays, letters, editorials, articles, and journals).

The elements of prose

character is the who of a story

plot is the what of a story

setting is the where of a story

style is the how of a story

point of view

mood

PROSE POETRY is written like prose, in paragraphs rather than verse, but contains the characteristics of poetry.