What's the difference between poetry, prose, and literature?

>>8467441
both poetry and prose are literature, and prose is just poetry without all the work.

>>8467445
so all prose is literature?

>>8467448
p. much. it's a really fucking vague term.

>>8467445
>prose is just poetry without all the work
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>>8467457
heh, wanking is work.

>>8467459
indeed

>>8467448
Well you can either have prose or verse, they are just two different techniques

>>8467441
Poetry is a waste of perfectly good prose stretched and bent to make it sound rhythmic, putting aside content for aesthetics.

Literature is an art form, encompassing narrative/epic, lyric, written dramatic works and nonfiction (biographies, scientific works, newspaper articles, but those generally aren't concerned with artistic quality).

Prose and poetry are techniques of writing literature. Prose is like everyday speech and writing, I'm using prose right now. Poetry is a style that requires rhythm and is written in verse. Rhythm can be achieved in many ways, usually with rhyming, regularity in stresses, alliteration and pauses (caesuras).

The first two are shit, the third isnt.

Poetry is when the words don't go all the way to the right margin of the page. Prose is when they do. Literature is when universities pay attention to the words.

>>8468289
Replace universities with pseuds and this is correct.

>>8467441
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