Antithetic parallelism

<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>Examples of antithetic parallelism are found in <a href="/facts/Biblical_poetry/nopmqeXo">Hebrew poetry</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> especially in <a href="/facts/Psalms/QbfaqRCY">Psalms</a> of the Bible:
</p><p>The young lions lack and suffer hunger;

But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. (<a href="/facts/Psalms/QbfaqRCY">Psalms</a> 34:10)
</p><p>More specifically, antithetical parallelism is defined as text where the meaning in the first part of the <a href="/facts/Couplet/ftk0060W">couplet</a> contrasts with an opposite theme contained in the second part (see above). The use of opposites clarifies both extremes. In <a href="/facts/Poetry/ylGarm6p">poetry</a> the use of opposites can bring a sharper contrast to an image and provide a greater focus to the desired message. It is often marked by the use of the conjunction ‘but’, placed between two statements to juxtapose them and helps the reader or to view both the positive and negative perspectives of the text.
</p><p>Antithetic parallelism is not to be confused with 'synonymous' or 'synthetic' <a href="/facts/Parallelism_(rhetoric)/NFDaKL6o">parallelism</a>, which reflect repeated and expansive ideas respectively.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Parallelism_(rhetoric)/NFDaKL6o">Parallelism (rhetoric)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rhetorical_device/SeAhSYdg">Rhetorical device</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Krašovec, Jože (1984). Antithetical Structure in Biblical Hebrew Poetry. doi:10.1163/9789004275584. ISBN 9789004275584. <a href="9789004275584" target="_blank">9789004275584</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Antithetic parallelism