PROSIMETRUM

A '''prosimetrum''' (Latin) is a literary piece that is made up of alternating passages of prose and poetry.

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Examples

Further reading

Examples

★ ''Consolation of Philosophy'' by Boethius

★ ''La Vita Nuova'' by Dante Alighieri

★ ''Convivio'' by Dante Alighieri

★ ''De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii'' by Martianus Capella

★ ''Cosmographia'' by Bernard Silvestris

★ ''De planctu naturae'' by Alain de Lille

★ ''Aucassin et Nicolette''

Further reading

★ Peter Dronke (1994). ''Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante''. ISBN 067493475X

★ Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl (1997). ''Prosimetrum: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse''. ISBN 0859914755