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Prose and Poetry - Coggle Diagram
Prose and Poetry
Purpose and function
The purpose for poetry is to discover new expression
Obstrusive regularity and obstrusive irregularity
Prose is like walking or running, poetry is like dancing
Vocabulary
Poetic and prosaic signing is different depending on the manual signs used.
Eye gaze is especially important in poetry
Stories use different vocabulary to develop
Plot and Characters
Stories have a meaningful sequence of events
Haiku poems
The sequence of how a story unfolds
Length
Poems cannot be defined by length.
Signed texts are shorter than spoken ones
Poems are usually shorter than stories.
Flexibility of text
Prose can adapt and is flexible
Sometimes poems can change over time
Poetry usually is fixed text
Rhythm
Poetry manipulates rhythm
Can play with the speed of signing
Very important for literature
Line Segmentation
Poetic lines are strong
There are many different kinds of poetry
Way to distinguish poetry from prose
Rules