i wrote a long reply to the question then lost it :9.
my simplified version is:
prose is prose and poetry is poetry. somewhere between is a grey area where one becomes the other and vice versa. i found Tolkien's prose to be pretty poetic. what is the difference? style is the difference and all the attributes style brings. of course i could be talking out of my bottom again
my simplified version is:
prose is prose and poetry is poetry. somewhere between is a grey area where one becomes the other and vice versa. i found Tolkien's prose to be pretty poetic. what is the difference? style is the difference and all the attributes style brings. of course i could be talking out of my bottom again