a rhythmically free prose employing poetic devices, such as assonance and alliteration
polyphonic prose in American English
noun
prose characterized by the use of poetic devices, as alliteration, assonance, rhyme, etc., and esp. by an emphasis on rhythm not strictly metered
Word origin
[1915–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, decoder, feedback, stockpile, supernationalism