Poetic DevicesSamples from the Old Testament

Parallelism

Job 28:13

a b c dThe deep says, “It is not in me”And the sea says, “It is not with me”

Tricolon

Song of Songs 4:15

a a garden springb a well of fresh waterc and streams from Lebanon

Chiasm

Isaiah 51:3

a Do not fearb the reproach of mankind,b and at their revilings a do not be dismayed

Inclusio

Psalm 135

v. 1 Praise Yahweh

v. 35 Praise Yahweh

Refrain

Isaiah 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4

In all this His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out

Repetition

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?

Who has gathered the wind in His fists?

Who has wrapped the waters in His Garments?

Who has established the ends of the earth?

Isaiah 52:9

s v oYahweh comforted His people

redeemed Jerusalem

Ellipsis