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Why is “The Railroad Earth” considered both poetry and prose?

It contains poetic elements but is much longer than typical poetry.
It is conventional in structure but has the detailed descriptions characteristic of poetry.
It is a flowing narrative that has poetic rhythm but no line breaks.
It contains internal rhyme schemes but uses them to describe a nonfiction story.

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It is a flowing narrative that has poetic rhythm but no line breaks.

Prose is traditionally non-rhyming and is not entirely conventional. It is a form of poetry and often has an underlying narrative or moral development
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its C

okay lol i hate when they give long answers like get straight to the point

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