The Role Of Prose In Poetry

Poetry is the organized form of writing while prose is more of a natural, free flow of writing. In terms of Linguistics, Prose focuses on sharing information while Poetry uses the language itself as music.
Poetry is expressed in a series of words and rhythm. It is considered an art in itself. It follows a pattern of associating words together based on similar sounds or their particular meanings. Poet’s ideas, expressions, themes and imagination is all written in a sophisticated manner in poetry. Line breaks are used in poetry to create a rhythm or give importance to an idea. The lines are set up as stanzas and they can be long or short according to a word or letter. Generally, the starting letter in every line was in upper case but modern

Prose is said to be noticed in mundane writings such as articles, newspapers, and magazines, etc. because it has no line breaks necessarily, just a large amount of sentences put together and written in lines. It is considered a very forthright language with less decoration which sometimes makes it very dull and simple in comparison to an expressive poetry. Over here, ideas or themes are put into paragraphs with no line breaks but has the first word of every sentence capitalized so it does look disorganized when compared to rhythmic poetry. Hence, prose looks like a block of words.

The theme of “Ballad of the Landlord” is a realistic picture of an American social protest against racial discrimination in America. It was written by Langston Hughes. It taps the social conflict between the American whites and the black population, the haves and have-nots.
The poem has an ironical title, mocking the social injustice in a democratic country. The poem also shows that laws are not in favor of the blacks and appeals for their rights and freedom as represented in the insensitive unfair treatment and inhuman behavior of the landlord towards his tenant. The poem honors the struggle and moral rights of the poor, particularly the African

The poem addresses on racial discrimination issues that black people faced against the whites. From the first stanza, we can derive the central theme of the poem which is to have strength, vigor and be resilient when dealing against intense difficulties and struggles in life. The poem is about overcoming hardships with courage & fortitude. One should never feel or become defenseless when influenced under oppression. The poet tends to repeat the line “I rise” to emphasize on the fact that no one can suppress and rule over the black people for long. A fight to win and succeed against the discrimination and atrocities will happen with determination and a tough spirit. The speaker talks about having self-esteem and dignity to overcome anything and anyone. The poet’s pride is shown when she asks rhetorical questions. Maya Angelou’s work generally spoke about the struggles and bad experiences of domination and discrimination African American Women faced in America. And so, Maya’s message is very direct to the readers and audience. She focuses her personal message towards the society, demanding for fair/equal treatment and