[b-hebrew] Verbs in Hebrew Poetry
dwashbur at nyx.net
dwashbur at nyx.net
Tue May 5 16:47:25 EDT 2009
My own view is that we can't really quantify grammar in Hebrew poetry, because poetry in
every language makes its own "rules" in accordance with the poet's immediate need. But
that doesn't make for much of a discussion...
Dave Washburn
On 5 May 2009 at 15:37, Joseph Justiss wrote:
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> Phil
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> I think Niccacci's approach is basically sound. He distinguishes
> narrative and direct speech. I consider poetry to be a more formally
> structured and stylized form of direct speech. So if Niccacci is
> correct about the verbal syntax in direct speech in narrative, then we
> should be able to bring his knowledge of how the verb forms behave in
> direct speech in narrative right over into poetry and apply the
> principles to the verbal forms there. That's what I plan on doing to
> see how it turns out.
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> Joe Justiss
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