The lover describes her teeth as a flock of sheep coming up from washing, all of which bear twins and none bereaved, reiterating the image from his earlier praise and establishing this as a sustained motif of the beloved's perfect dental beauty and wholeness. The repetition of this image establishes that the lover's appreciation of the beloved's teeth is consistent and that this particular feature merits reiteration. The assertion of their wholeness and fertility—'all bearing twins, none bereaved'—maintains the emphasis on the beloved's completeness and the absence of deficiency in her physical form. This verse theologically suggests that authentic love involves sustained and repeated appreciation of the beloved's beauty, and that certain features merit reiteration because of their particular significance.

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