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The belowed shepherd isn't Solomon?

Shulamite identifies her beloved as shepherd several times:

Tell me, O you whom I love, Where you feed your flock, Where you make it rest at noon. For why should I be as one who veils herself By the flocks of your companions? (1/17)

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies (2/16)

My beloved has gone to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed his flock in the gardens, And to gather lilies (6/2)

I am my beloveds, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies (6/3)

However, when she talks about the king Solomon, she doesn't use words "my belowed" and "I love"

Draw me away! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember yyour love more than wine. Rightly do they love you (1/4)

While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance (1/12)

Behold, it is Solomońs couch, With sixty valiant men around it, Of the valiant of Israel. They all hold swords, Being expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh Because of fear in the night. Of the wood of Lebanon Solomon the King Made himself a palanquin: He made its pillars of silver, Its support of gold, Its seat of purple, Its interior paved with love By the daughters of Jerusalem. Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And see King Solomon with the crown With which his mother crowned him On the day of his wedding, The day of the gladness of his heart (3/7-11)

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins (8/11)

My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon, may have a thousand, And those who tend its fruit two hundred (8/12)