HEBREW POETRY

SCHEMATIC MODEL OF PARALLELISM

A	B
_______________/	______________//

EXAMPLES
[A] All Your works give thanks to You O Lord/ [B] and Your godly ones shall bless you// (Ps 145.10)

[A] Let the day perish on which I was to be born/ [B]and the night which said "a boy is conceived"// (Job 3.3 )

[A] The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge/ [B] but the mouth of fools feeds on folly// (Prov 15.14 )

STAIRCASE PARALLELISM

A
________________/
B
__________________________//

EXAMPLE
A
I will sing/
B
I will sing praises//

SCHEMATIC MODEL OF CHIASM

A	B	C
C'	B'	A'

EXAMPLES

[A] Even if reaches [B] the sky [C] his height
[C']and his head [B'] the clouds [A'] touches (Job 20.6)

[A] will return [B] his mischief [C]upon his head
[C'] and upon his pate [B'] violence [A'] will descend (Ps 7.16)

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