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the way humans talk when they've given up on rhyming

means Ordinary written or spoken language that runs in plain sentences and paragraphs, without the deliberate rhythm or line-breaks of poetry.

from From Latin 'prosa,' short for 'prosa oratio' — meaning 'straightforward speech.' That 'prosa' is a worn-down form of 'prorsus,' meaning 'direct' or 'going straight ahead' (literally 'turned forward'). So the very word draws a contrast: poetry 'turns' at the end of each linethe Latin 'versus' means a turning, like a plow at the end of a furrowwhile prose just keeps walking straight on. It reached English through Old French 'prose.'

name originFrom Latin prosa, meaning straightforward
poetry's twinDefined mostly by not being poetry
prose poemsA genre that breaks its own rules
purple proseWriting so overwrought it earns an insult color
default modeNearly all books, laws, and texts use it
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