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Polyphonic prose   /pˌɑlˌɪfˈɑnɪk proʊz/   Listen
Polyphonic prose

noun
1.
A rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance.





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"Polyphonic prose" Quotes from Famous Books



... traced upon the ivory keys of his instrument and the world was richer for a poet. Chopin is not only the poet of the piano, he is also the poet of music, the most poetic of composers. Compared with him Bach seems a maker of solid polyphonic prose, Beethoven a scooper of stars, a master of growling storms, Mozart a weaver of gay tapestries, Schumann a divine stammerer. Schubert, alone of all the composers, resembles him in his lyric prodigality. Both ...
— Chopin: The Man and His Music • James Huneker


Words linked to "Polyphonic prose" :   prose


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