Why is this story called "A Pantoum in Prose"?

Question

The story is called, "The Man Who Could Work Miracles".
The author is H.G. Wells.
Here is a link:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracles

Answer 1

That's a good question. The reason it is called "A Pantoum in Prose" is the type of writing it is. Pantoums are a rare type of poetry, originating from Malaysia.

I'm not sure about the exact way the poem is set up, but here is the answer from another contributor in Y!A:

http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070322202851AAuonWP