Prose And Poetry Comments
While prose limits, posits, pretends,
To narrow mundane meaning binds,
Fails to touch heart’s deepest core,
Frozen snow blocking freedom’s shore,
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The poem delineates the essential difference between prose and poetry. As I am not a student of literature, I am not acquinted with different forms of poetry.I think Rhyme soothes our emotions.Still unrhyming poems can be touching as they have more freedom and not necessarily bound by any rhyme sceme.Please read my poem 'How about writing a story' which I wrote on this theme.
You've raised a very relevant point. Without having to rhyme a poet is bestowed with more freedom, and he tends to be more natural, his thoughts and emotions come to play uninterrupted, other things being equal. But often they are not. Yet, when there is natural flow and rhyming lines as well, and poetic norms are also observed, the poetry shines out even more. Thank you Bharati Nayak, I'll read your poem.
Cut-and-dry world! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
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3/12/2026 7:48:58 PM # 1.0.0
Prose to touch base, a mundane need, Poems to reach rarefied peaks.... //.... Lovely sonnet succinctly taking position with regard to two different flanks of literature- prose and poetry, their scope and reach through a sweetly rhymed poetic approach. Thanks a lot, Sir.