Prose Form Analysis

I figure that I'll write about the similarities and differences between the form of poetry called prose and the other forms. Prose is different from the other forms most obviously in its structure. Whereas most other forms break their poems into stanzas and lines, prose poetry is more like a paragraph. This makes it almost more similar to a vignette or very short story. Also, there is almost never a rhyming scheme or meter, which is common in most other forms of poetry. These differences allow the prose form to tell more of a narrative in a shorter more free style.
There are also similarities between the prose form and other forms. For one, they both often incorporate a lot of images. Also, although there's often not rhyming or meter, I noticed a lot of prose poems still incorporate sound devices like alliteration and repetition. Lastly, prose poems are generally pretty short as are a lot of poems. The shorter form allows for a sketch of a story, such as making one point, or one feel.
I really like the prose form of poetry mainly because I prefer to write short fiction. The short form gives me an ability to convey a short idea I have, a sketch, that might not transfer into a longer short story. Also, I can be less formal in both the sense of poetry rules and in common rules of short fiction.