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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...

(Jotham’s Fable) where a chiastic gender pattern is used over the four stanzas: I (vv. 8b–9) : Olive-tree זית : masc. II (10–11) : Fig-tree תאנה : fem. III (12–13) : Vine גפן : fem. IV (14–15) : Boxthorn אטד : masc. resulting in the sequence: KING—QUEEN—QUEEN—KING. See also Esth 5:3, 6, 8; 7:2, 3; 8:5.102 12. Envelope figure. The envelope figure (or inclusio) is not only indicative of poetry (though it can occur in prose), it also marks off a particular segment as verse. In the example just quoted
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