SENSE-RHYTHM
\sˈɛnsɹˈɪðəm], \sˈɛnsɹˈɪðəm], \s_ˈɛ_n_s_ɹ_ˈɪ_ð_ə_m]\
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An arrangement of words characteristic of Hebrew poetry, in which the rhythm consists not in a rise and fall of accent or quantity of syllables, but in a pulsation of sense rising and falling through the parallel, antithetic, or otherwise balanced members of each verse: parallelism. Prof. W. R. Smith.
By Daniel Lyons
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