The major two-fold division of literature is that between poetry and prose. Poetry, from the Greek word for "a making," is notable for its unusual structure and meter in language. Poetry uses a number of literary techniques which serve to make it stand apart from prose with obvious differences in rhythm, imagery and meaning. Prose is a term from the Latin word for "straightforward" and is the type of writing that mimics everyday speech. Prose consists of both fiction and non-fiction, imaginative and factual writing.Poetry, which came first in history, employs regular stressed and unstressed syllables to create a sound pattern that improves the literary experience. These patterns of stressed and unstressed sounds create qualities such as melody and rapidity, and evoke emotions such as joy, solemnity, grandiosity, whimsicality, and majesty. Words may seem sonorous or airy, sharp or timid. These sound effects helped people to remember poetry long before writing had ever occurred. Poetry also uses extreme imagery and techniques such as personification, metaphor and simile to create visualization effects that are less often seen in prose. Some poetry uses rhyme and verse schemes to make an effect, but these can sometimes be seen in prose, as well.Prose reverts to the average speech that one might encounter in school, at work, in media or on the street. Prose can be the article in the newspaper or magazine, the journal or online blog, a fiction novel, a non-fiction biography, an essay, an official government document or any other non-poetic form. Prose sometimes uses the same exact techniques as poetry, but prose tends to spell out its meaning in many words and with elaborate discussion in a way that poetry avoids by being compact, choosing very precise words, employing imagery that is very vivid or picturesque, and using rhymes and rhythms for sound effects,