English-Swedish translations for prose

• prosa en
  För att denna vision ska lyckas i grunden måste demokratins poesi få stöd av rättsstatsprincipens prosa.For this vision to succeed, in essence, the poetry of democracy must be supported by the prose of the rule of law.
  Molière skildrar en karaktär som säger att han trodde att han hade talat i versform, men i själva verket hade han talat i prosaform utan att inse det.There is a Molière character who said that he thought he had been speaking in verse, but had in fact been speaking in prose without realising.

Definition of prose

• Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry
• Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse
• A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass
• To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way

Examples

• Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.

Related words

• prosaic
• prosody