the poetry of the old testament has no rhyme, no meterānot how you know it. rather, the main poetic form is parallelism. there are three look of this, three feels
in the first, synonymous parallelism, a meaning is expressed once in a verse, then again, though rephrased.
"lord, let me know my end. / let me know the measure of my morningsā āps 39:4
āi am like a versed bird; / a little owl in a forgotten placeā āps 102:6
the second, antithetical parallelism, is its inverse. opposing meanings are expressed, though rephrased
āin front of them is eden. / after them is the land refusedā ājoel 2:3
āuntil the morning yawns / and the shadows fleeā āsongs 2:17
the final is synthetic parallelism. in this, the same expression is not repeated or inversedāit is enfleshed, nuanced. the thought is finished from one verse, one line, to the next
āi offered her to the hands of her lovers / into the hands of the assyrians, of those she lusted forā āezek 23:9
āfasten (the rules of the father) to your heart, / tie them around your neckā āprov 6:21