The paper explores the composition, the stylistic features and the time and space references of Martial’s epigram 4.8, indicating the meaning created through the contrast in its bipartite structure, and through the imagery in the second part, which implies recognition for the realm of poetry, not much lower than that for the realm of political and social power. The title uses the metaphor of poetry and prose in order to emphasize the suggested high estimation of poetry. It is placed above the ordinary practical activities and the daily routine as being worth the scene of celestial eminence of the palace.
