Berlin- Biblical Poetry Quiz 1

poetry

type of elevated discourse, not prose, with common inclusions like metaphor and parallelism

terseness

general shortness and concision of poetry, short lines. achieved through things like omission of definite article

parataxis

clauses or lines after one another without conjunction indicating relationship, parallelism used instead for connections and endings. part of snapshot effect of poetry v movie

colon

unit of biblical poetry

bi-colon

the most common unit of biblical poetry, two units united together through a method like repetition, parallelism, A…B

tri-colon

more rare, common in Ugaritic, three biblical units

balance

achieved through many things, like word pairs, parallelism, inclusio, sense of equality between colons

strophe

a cluster of colons, unit of poem line

stanza

one of big segments of poem, ex. psalms with 3

acrostic

starting lines or stanzas in order of world or alphabet, an organizing structure and unifying device

inclusio/ inclusion

framing or envelope method, inclusion of word or theme at beginning and end, signifying end and unifying poem

refrain

repetition of chorus like line, likely sung- giving cohesion and separation in poem

repetition

can apply to phrase (refrain) or words and sounds, or a chiasmatic word structure- ABBA. part of how poetry an auditory medium

metaphor

the substance of poetry, giving it its elevated language, a comparison of two things