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Song of Solomon is a poetic celebration of love, desire, beauty, longing, marriage, separation, reunion, and enduring devotion between a man and a woman. Its speakers praise one another with vivid imagery drawn from gardens, animals, cities, spices, vineyards, and royal splendor. The book treats marital love as powerful and precious while requiring careful reading because speaker changes are not always explicitly labeled in the biblical text.
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