Which feature primarily differentiates poetry from prose in terms of form?

• A. Prose uses lines and stanzas.
• B. Poetry uses lines and stanzas.
• C. Prose often has rhythm and meter.
• D. Poetry relies on paragraphs only.

Answer: (B)

The key thing being tested is how poetry presents text on the page. Poetry is laid out in lines that end at line breaks and are grouped into stanzas, which creates a distinct visual and rhythmic shape. Prose, by contrast, is written as continuous sentences organized into paragraphs, mirroring ordinary speech. Rhythm and meter can appear in poetry, but the defining form difference is the line-and-stanza structure versus paragraph blocks.