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Classical Netagin poetry uses meters similar to Hebrew piyyut meters. For example, the marnin aka hazaj meter is SLLLSLLL, where S must be an open syllable with a reduced vowel (underlyingly either an ''ă'' /ə/ or an ''y'' /ɨ/) and L is any heavy syllable (i.e. having a non-reduced vowel). Highly educated poetry from the Classical Netagin era is replete with allusions to older Classical Netagin literature which the reader is expected to understand (much like how Hebrew piyyutim use Tanakh allusions and Classical Chinese literature alludes to older Classical Chinese works); there are some poems that are entirely "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra".