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  • From: Andrew C Smith <a.c.smith AT juno.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Poetry a la Niccacci
  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:06:54 EST



>I can't remember where, but I do
>believe he has said before that poetry sort of suspends rules of
>syntax (my phrasing, not his) for the sake of meter, effect, word
>imagery, and a host of other causes. This is essentially the
>position I take, as well.

I thought the "common wisdom" was that Hebrew poetry didn't have meter.

A.C. Smith



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