The two most popular approaches are accentual meter and syllable-counting meter. Accentual meter Highlights the long syllables of words according to Masoretic accents. In this system, each word, regardless of length, receives one stress. Syllable-counting meter Reckons the meter of Hebrew poems in analogy with the metrical systems of the French alexandrine and Japanese poetry. Advocates of this theory point to the equal number of syllables between cola as evidence.
Most scholars are skeptical of meter in Hebrew poetry.
Some believe that changes in the language make it impossible to discern. Others argue that there never was any metrical form. In either case, meter plays no role in the exegesis of Hebrew poetry.