ABSTRACT
When you first look at a piece, you need to find out whether it is in prose or in verse before planning what to do with it.
To begin with, a simple definition: prose is where each line uses up all the space available and just runs on to the next line when it runs out of space. Capitals are in the usual places, at the start of a sentence and for proper names, as here:
The Merchant of Venice (III-1) sHylocke:
To baite fish withall, if it will feede nothing else, it will feede my revenge; he hath disgrac’d me, and hindred me halfe a million, laught at my losses, mockt at my gaines, scorned my Nation, thwarted my bargaines, cooled my friends, heated my enemies, and what’s the reason? I am a Jewe: Hath not a Jew eyes?
