Polyphonic Prose

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | 281 words | Copyright

Polyphonic Prose, free‐verse form that employs a succession of varied rhythms and all the devices of poetry, but is printed as prose and follows a mood rather than a strict metrical pattern. French in origin, it was frequently used by Amy Lowell and John Gould Fletcher.

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