It bears the strongest likeness to the epic in all save its unversified form; in both are found, as fixed essentials, simplicity of plot, chronological order of events, set phrases used even in describing the restless play of emotion or the changeful fortunes of a fight or a storm, while in both the
changeful הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד