A.   Falling in Love     1:1-3:5

1.   Bride's Longing for Affection    1:1-8

Son 1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

2.   Expressions of Mutual Love    1:9-2:7

Son 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

Son 1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

3.   Visit of the King to the Bride's Home..................... 2:8-17

Son 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

4.   Bride's Dream of Separation    3:1-5

Son 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

B.   United in Love     3:6-5:1

1.   Wedding Procession    3:6-11

Son 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

2.   Bride's Beauty Is Praised    4:1-15

Son 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

3.   The Marriage Is Consummated . . 4:16-5:1

Son 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

 II. Broadening of Love............................... 5:2-8:14

A.   Struggling in Love     5:2-7:10

1.       Bride's Second Dream of Separation    5:2-7

Son 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

2.       Bridegroom's Handsomeness Is Praised..................... 5:8-6:3

Son 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

3.       Bride's Beauty Is Praised    6:4-7:10

Son 6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

B.   Growing in Love     7:11-8:14

1.       Bride's Desire to Visit Her Home 7:11-8:4

Son 8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

2.       Journey and Homecoming    8:5-14

Son 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.