id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-672 Prose - Wikipedia .html text/html 1377 267 69 For the American author, see Francine Prose. Main articles: Literature and Writing style Prose is a form of written (or spoken) language that usually exhibits a natural flow of speech and grammatical structure—an exception is the narrative device stream of consciousness. Works of philosophy, history, economics, etc., journalism, and most fiction (an exception is the verse novel), are examples of works written in prose. However, developments in twentieth century literature, including free verse concrete poetry, and prose poetry, have led to the idea of poetry and prose as two ends on a spectrum. Latin was a major influence on the development of prose in many European countries. Among the last important books written primarily in Latin prose were the works of Swedenborg (d. Great American Prose Poems. Prose examples in Literature Access related topics Literature portal Categories: Prose Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-672.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-672.txt