A prosimetrum (Latin) is a literary piece that is made up of alternating passages of prose and poetry.

[edit] Examples

• Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
• La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri
• Convivio by Dante Alighieri
• De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii by Martianus Capella
• Cosmographia by Bernard Silvestris
• De planctu naturae by Alain de Lille
• Aucassin et Nicolette
• Le Roman de Tristan en prose
• Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

[edit] Further reading

• Peter Dronke (1994). Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante. ISBN 067493475X
• Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl (1997). Prosimetrum: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse. ISBN 0859914755

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