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The artistic literary form found throughout the Old Testament, especially in Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, and the prophets. Unlike English poetry, Hebrew poetry is built on parallelism rather than rhyme and meter. Synonymous parallelism restates an idea (Psalm 19:1). Antithetic parallelism contrasts ideas (Proverbs 10:1). Synthetic parallelism develops a thought progressively (Psalm 1:1-3). Hebrew poetry also employs acrostics (Psalm 119, Lamentations 1-4), chiastic structures, imagery, metaphor, and wordplay. Understanding Hebrew poetic conventions enriches interpretation and prevents literalistic misreadings. Approximately one-third of the Old Testament is written in poetry.