‘The difference between verse and prose or speech is not that verse has rhythm and prose and speech have not, but that in verse a rhythmical unit, the line, is superimposed upon the grammatical unit of all discourse, the sentence.’88 This statement applies to Hebrew poetry, of course, but it cannot be used as a test because the oral/aural element is lacking: there are no native speakers who can supply the relevant information. We are, therefore, forced to turn to external