Young woman's nighttime search

Young woman's search (Song 3:1–5)

David A. Dorsey, The Literary Structure of the Old Testament

1. a
   in bed, the young woman yearns for her absent lover3:1tension: introduced
2. b
   she leaves her home to search for him3:2tension: builds
3. c
   she is found (mṣ') by the guards3:3atension: intensifies from complication
4. d
   CENTER: her desperate question3:3btension: at its peak
5. c′
   she leaves the guards and finds (mṣ') her lover3:4atension: resolution begins
6. b′
   she returns to her home with him3:4btension: resolution deepens
7. a′
   refrain: the lovers are united, presumably back in her bed3:5tension: resolution completed