The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
4.6 Poetic and literary devices There are 16 entries associated with this topic. Acrostic (1) Arrows back to archers (1) 'Brother' and 'sister' as 'lover' (1) The ending formula of a hymn (1) Fifty leagues in one day (1) Heavy hand of the god (1) I am a riding-donkey (1) On the knees of the gods (1) Planetary gods like a flock (1) Plato's Chaldean visitor (1) There is a city called... (1) Touching comrade's chest (1) Use of anaphora (1) The use of messengers (1) A volley of missiles (1) Zarathustra and the demons (1)
4.1 Myths (228)
4.2 Royal epics and legends (27)
4.3 Wisdom literature (63)
4.4 Court poetry
4.5 Religious poetry and hymnology (24)
4.6 Poetic and literary devices (16)