Again (see 8:2), the woman speaks of the mother, but in this case the man’s mother, 10 in an intimate way. It seems that she stands in the tradition of his mother by making love to her man in the same erotic locale as the mother did. Perhaps the emphasis on the place of conception may give a hint of her hopes of becoming pregnant. 6 This verse is arguably the most memorable and intense of the entire book. M. Sadgrove remarks on this verse and the next that “this is the only place in the Song where