Terms 1
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
Painting a mental picture by using language which appeals to the five senses
What is Imagery?
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalm 3:4
What is Selah?
Why are you cast down, o my soul,
And why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
My salvation and my God.
Psalm 42:5
What is a Stanza?
uses poetry to describe blessing and suffering
What is Job?
The matching structure of lines within a couplet
What is parallelism?
A figurative comparison of two things
What is a metaphor?
Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
Exodus 6:6
What is Anthropomorphism?
YHWH protects the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 1:6
What is Antithetic Parallelism?
uses poetry to express prayer and praise
What is Psalms?
The idea of the A-Line is repeated in the B-Line.
What is synonymous parallelism?
A figurative comparison using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers…
Isaiah 40:22
What is a Simile?
Pay attention, my people, to my teaching.
Be attentive to the words of my mouth.
Psalm 78:1
What is Synonymous Parallelism?
uses poetry to speak about wisdom and practice
Proverbs
The idea of the A-Line has its opposite in the B-Line.
What is antithetic parallelism?
Assigning human characteristics to non-human entities
What is anthropomorphism?
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17
What is a Metaphor?
Yahweh, how many are my foes!
Multitudes are rising up against me.
Psalm 3:2
What is Parallelism?
uses poetry to describe the supremacy of God in a world of vanity
What is Ecclesiastes?
A group of couplets that make up a unit within a poem
What is a stanza?
Associated with rest
Crescendo
Pause
Musical interlude
What is a Selah?
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
Revelation 7:1
What is Imagery?
Big Black Bumblebees go Bzzzz
What is Alliteration?
uses poetry to create the image of bliss through unity
What is Song of Solomon?