I. Bible and Ancient Judaism
1. Old Testament
a. General.
In biblical studies, poetry (Gk ποίησις/poíēsis) in contrast to prose generally comprises stanzaic texts in language employing patterns of rhythm and sound, whose structure and style are determined by both linguistic (sound patters, rhyme, clause sequences, etc.) and nonlinguistic factors (so-called constraints: music, ¶ extent, parallel structure, setting, e…