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In spite of debatable issues, such as meter, we now know enough about classical Hebrew poetry to be able to understand how it was composed. This large-scale manual, rich in detail, exegesis and bibliography, provides guidelines for the analysis and appreciation of Hebrew verse. Topics include oral poetry, meter, parallelism and forms of the strophe and stanza. Sound patterns and imagery are also...

Clear terminology is basic to this book, so the terms used will be defined and kept to, as far as is possible without the danger of monotonous repetition. (So, the ‘bicolon’ will generally be called a bicolon, but for the sake of variety, other terms such as couplet will be used. However, where there is any possibility of ambiguity or misunderstanding, the strictly defined terms will be employed.) Different scholars or writers use different
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