Question: what are some of the common characteristics of hebrew poetry?
Answer: Unusual forms. The employment of unusual forms of language cannot be considered as a sign of ancient Hebrew poetry. ...  Parallelism. Main article: Parallelism (rhetoric) ...  Quantitative rhythm. ...  Accentual rhythm. ...  The Dirges. ...  Anadiplosis. ...  Acrostics. ...  Poems that deal with events.