Communication Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

— Jeremy Bentham

Prose talks and poetry sings.

— Franz Grillparzer

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.

— Aristotle

Prose is a photography, poetry is a painting in oil-colors.

— Austin O'Malley

Prose is something that is persistent in staying in one place long enough to not only zero in on the dramatic effect of something…

— Tracy K. Smith

Prose is prose because of what it includes; poetry is poetry because of what it leaves out.

— Marvin Bell

Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk about prose…

— Pattiann Rogers

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.

— Pattiann Rogers

Poetry is very playful with language. I think all poetry, at its heart, is playful. It's doing unusual and playful things with the language,…

— Pattiann Rogers

Prose is all about embellishing and describing.

— Mike Birbiglia

For me, prose is never a poem. Because with prose there are so very few tools to create the music. And one of the…

— Pattiann Rogers