Chiasm
Song of Solomon 2:1–7
Song of Solomon 2:1–72 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
2 Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
- B 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- C 4 He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
- B' 5 Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
- A' 7 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
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