In 1759 Lessing published some masterly prose fables, largely social criticism, and with them an essay on the fable form itself, in which he formulated the particular laws of the genre by analyzing its didactic and allegorical structure.
Phaedrus, (born c. 15 bc, Thrace died ad 50, Italy) Roman fabulist, the first writer to Latinize whole books of fables, producing free versions in iambic metre of Greek prose fables then circulating under the name of Aesop.
The early authors of fable, following Aesop, wrote in verse; but in the 10th century there appeared collected fables, entitled Romulus, written in prose (and books such as this brought down into the medieval and modern era a rich tradition of prose fables).
C. 15 BCE Thrace 50 Italy Phaedrus, (born c. 15 bc, Thrace died ad 50, Italy), Roman fabulist, the first writer to Latinize whole books of fables, producing free versions in iambic metre of Greek prose fables then circulating under the name of Aesop.
Beast fable, a prose or verse fable or short story that usually has a moral.
With "The Goat and Her Three Kids", written mainly as a picturesque illustration of motherly love, Creangă produced a fable in prose, opposing the eponymous characters, caricatures of a garrulous but hard-working woman and her restless sons, to the sharp-toothed Big Bad Wolf, a satirical depiction of the cunning and immoral stranger.
The work is divided into three sections: the first has some of Dodsley's fables prefaced by a short prose moral; the second has "Fables with Reflections", in which each story is followed by a prose and a verse moral and then a lengthy prose reflection; the third, "Fables in Verse", includes fables from other sources in poems by several unnamed authors.
Beast tale, a prose or verse narrative similar to the beast fable in that it portrays animal characters acting as humans but unlike the fable in that it usually lacks a moral.
The book was criticised for the implausibility of its plot, with some critics arguing that it toned down the horror of the death camps; yet its fable-like quality and involving prose ensured it was admired by many.
I would never to think to call them prose poems, I suppose they are more like strange fables.
