Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

散文就是除了最后一行之外，所有的行都一直写到结尾。诗歌是当他们中的一些人达不到它。

-- Jeremy Bentham 杰里米·本瑟姆