Frequently a noun, but more commonly a verb occurs in the first colon of a line but has no parallel in the second colon. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. Terseness is also characterized by lack of conjunctions and particles. Such a lack introduces an element of intentional ambiguity. Parallelism Semantic Parallelism Parallelism is an extremely important ornamental device, although not all biblical poems contain this feature.
Parallelism operates on both semantic and grammatical levels.
Semantic parallelism is frequently an ornament of biblical poetry. The second element of the verse always carries forward the thought of the first. Grammatical Parallelism Recent discovery. Not as directly relevant to the meaning of the poem. Another way to relate cola.