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Prose and Poetry (Purpose and function (Anthropomorphism is a form of…
Prose and Poetry
Purpose and function
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Prose uses everyday language, Poetry breaks the rules and is often unusual
Foregrounding is an attempt to make something stand out in its context to attract the readers attention
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Line segmentation
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Prose, line breaks happen arbitraily
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Flexibility of text
The distinction between poetry and prose is the degree to which a signed piece can be fixed and frozen
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Rules
Strict rhyming schemes, metric structures or mandatory choice of particular kinds of words
Prose tends to be more free and spontaneous, less rule driven
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Important to have rules in poetry, some are established by the poet
Rythm
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Poetry manipulates rhythm and signing speed in a more deliberate and aesthetic manner to foreground the language itself rather than the content
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Vocabulary
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Poetry uses more productive, creative, or even 'new' ways of signing
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