Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.


As quoted in Life of John Stuart Mill (1954) by M. St.J. Packe, Bk. I, Ch. II

Jeremy Bentham Quotes

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.