Song of Songs

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main themes

  • divine love

  • form

  • love and desire

  • beauty

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divine love main points

  • does not mention ‘god’ once

  • possibly an allegory of love between god and his people

  • love as a transcendent gift

  • emphasises the personal nature of one’s relationship with god

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form main points

  • 8 flowing poems with no rigid literary design

  • ambiguous authorship

  • difference in allegorical/human readings

  • subversive active woman

  • connection to Solomon

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love and desire main points

  • theme of seeking and finding

  • associated with intensity, power and danger

  • linguistic prose and extended metaphors

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beauty main points

  • elaborate metaphors

  • natural imagery reclaims the Garden of Eden

  • lover’s bodies indistinguishable from natural beauty (allegory)