Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi which you drink on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
to seal fidelity into our hearts
you are the cattle-birds egg
for those who say tou are wealthy;
You are the papyrus reed of the lake which they pull out with both hands
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart
I love you my gentle one.