| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 1 (1:1-8) Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth! (1:2) | Desire of lover | 5 5 (3:1-5) my lover, Like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether (2:17) |
| 2 2 (1:9-17) 1:15 your eyes are doves!(1:15) | Metaphors of doves | 4 4 (2:8-17) 2:14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock (2:14) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 1 (1:1-8) 1:5 B I am as dark-but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem - As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Salma.(1:5) | Daughters of Jerusalem | 3 3 (2:1-7) 2:7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and hinds of the field, Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time.(2:7) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 3 3 (2:1-7) 2:7Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time.(2:7) | Do not stir up love | 5 5 (3:1-5) 3:5 Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time.(3:5) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 5 5 (3:1-5) 3:3 The watchmen came upon me as they made their rounds of the city: (3:3) | The watchmen | 9 9 (5:2-8) 5:7 The watchmen came upon me as they made their rounds of the city; (5:7) |
| 6 6 (3:6-11) What is this coming up from the desert, like a column of smoke Laden with myrrh, with frankincense, and with the perfume of every exotic dust? (3:6) | Myrrh | 8 8 (4:8-16_5:1) Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all kinds of incense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices. (4:14) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 5 5 (3:1-5) 3:4 I took hold of him and would not let him go till I should bring him to the home of my mother, to the room of my parent. (3:4) | Encounter | 7 7 (4:1-7) 4:6 Until the day breathes cool and the shadows lengthen, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of incense (4:6) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 7 7 (4:1-7) 4:1 Your eyes are doves behind your veil (4:1) | Doves | 9 9 (5:2-8) 5:2 Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! (5:2) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 9 9 (5:2-8) 5:8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem (5:8) | Daughters of Jerusalem | 13 13 (8:1-4) 8:4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem (8:4) |
| 10 10 (5:9-6:3) 5:14 His arms are rods of gold adorned with chrysolites. His body is a work of ivory covered with sapphires.(5:14) | Metaphors of the lovers | 12 12 (6:11-7:14) 7:5 Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower on Lebanon that looks toward Damascus.(7:5) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 9 9 (5:2-8) 5:2 my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! (5:2) | My perfect one | 11 11 (6:4-10) 6:9 One alone is my dove, my perfect one (6:9) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 11 11 (6:4-10) 6:9 One alone is my dove, my perfect one, her mother's chosen, the dear one of her parent. (6:9) | Mother | 13 13 (8:1-4) 8:2 I would lead you, bring you in to the home of my mother. (8:2) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 13 13 (8:1-4) 8:1 O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me! (8:3) | Wish of woman | 17 17 (8:13-14) 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices! (8:14) |
| 14 14 (8:5-7) 8:7 Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love, he would be roundly mocked.(8:7) | To give (ntn) | 16 16 (8:11-12) 8:11 he gave over the vineyard to caretakers. (8:11) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 13 13 (8:1-4) 8:1 Oh, that you were my brother, nursed at my mother's breasts! (8:1) | Breasts | 15 15 (8:8-10) 8:8 Our sister is little and she has no breasts as yet. (8:8) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 15 15 (8:8-10) 8:8 What shall we do for our sister when her courtship begins?(8:8) | Words | 17 17 (8:13-14) 8:13 O garden-dweller, my friends are listening for your voice, let me hear it! |