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1 18,2|   images it uses, by its use of metre and other rhythmic devices,
2 18,2|   striking for the Western ear. Metre Hebrew undoubtedly had,
3 18,2| metrical length (for ‘the qinah metre see next section). The echo
4 18,3|  written in the Qinah, or dirge metre. In this the normal form
5 18,3|         of the first half.~ The metre is obscured in the A.V.,
6 18,3|         the peculiarity of this metre, though once known it can
7 18,3|   recognized. The effect of the metre may be best seen in Moffatt’
8 18,3|   Though it is not in the Qinah metre, a dirge-like note is struck
9 18,3|        artificial nature of the metre employed in these poems