# What is the difference between poetry and prose?

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**Created:** [June 22, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-poetry-and-prose/691365 "2014-06-22T15:47:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-poetry-and-prose/691365/41 "2014-06-26T10:27:50Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> Samuel Taylor Coleridge defined them as: “Prose–words in their best order. Poetry–best words in their best order.”
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> YMMV

Psst…Look up at post #4.

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