How is poetry different than prose? poetry doesn't allow an author to use the full range of language. prose allows an author to use all of the common writing styles. poetry allows the writer more freedom to use imagery, rhythm, and literary devices. prose doesn't allow an author to use the full range of literary devices.

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Poetry is condensed and restrictive in the sense that the number of words is limited. This means that every word must mean more than one thing, and it is the poet's job to find just the perfect words -- perfect in sound, meaning, and structure. This concept gives poetry its layers of meaning. Prose is free-er. It does not concern itself much on the way it sounds and the way it looks on the page the way poetry does.