Focus, history of the book, hermeneutics and its influence
The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine"
Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets
Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts"
The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices
Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth
The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes"
The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms
Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards
The lovers' transformations : similes
The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.