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Summary of Song of Songs - -Song of Songs is a collection of poetry about love between a man and woman. They both describe their live for one another in very intense ways using vivid imagery. often us... es nature to help describe their intense love for one another. The garden they go off to is symbolic of the bride's sexuality and virginity. Both the groom and bride talk about their lovers body parts in a very intense and sexual way. love is love and should not be a transaction -The fiancé (bride) - -- she is passionately in love with her soon to be husband and often describes it as intoxicating- compares it to a drunkness - she is perfect in the eyes of the groom and above all women including his other wives and concubines -she is a Shulamite - has dark skin because she does work out in the sun, she apologizes for it - she has a lot of dreams of her and the groom, she cries out for her grooms love and goes looking for him - describes how appealing the grooms appearance is -The fiancé (groom) Solomon? - -- deeply in love with the bride and talks about her beauty - his love is also compared to a drunkness, he says to be drunk in love - they fantasize about running away together - has hundreds of wives and many concubines -The Daughters of Jerusalem - -- friends of the Bride - they are maidens - unmarried women - Bride asks them to tell her groom that she loves him -The Sentinels - -they assault the bride when she is wandering the streets for her husband -Summary of Proverbs - -book is all about teaching and proposing wisdom. There is wisdom in fearing God. The author speaks like a parent who is telling their child to obey them because th [Show More]

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