Ancient Egyptian Love Poem

When I think of Ancient Egypt, words such as the Nile River, pharaoh, pyramid, afterlife, and civilization come into mind. However, there are not many words that I can describe what their everyday life by. What are people's attitudes toward life? But most important of all, how does people express their love in a relationship? I am surprised to see that the Egyptian poems express all sorts of love possibilities. The author's expressions are passionate, smooth, and erotic. From reading the Egyptian love poems I feel that love does not change at all over the years.
Today in class, I get a grasp of what Ancient Egyptian love poems are like. We read a text in class by George A. Barton from wikisource about several different poems. The poems include both male and female speakers. Even though the speakers have different poems, I am confused at first to classify which author is which. Every of their poem is well connected to each other. An example of a poem in the text is "Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals". (pg 52) The author describes love as, "Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals, like water stirred into flour for bread, Like simples compound in a sweet-tasting drug, like pastry and honey mixed to perfection." Can you classify if the author is a male or female from those verses? My guess is the author is a female speaking because the author uses food and pill to compare their love.
By reading the text, I see many similarities between Ancient Egyptian poem and modern American poem. Both types of poem use similes and metaphors. Another example of the poem that uses simile is in line 7-9 of part I: "For heaven makes your love
Like the advance of flames in straw, And its longing like the downward swoop of a hawk."
In this figure of speech, he is saying the love is quick and fast. In line 10-13 of part II show the use of metaphor. The lines are as followed: "Disturbed is the condition of my pool. The mouth of my sister is a rosebud. Her breast is a perfume." In line 10, "disturbed is the condition of my pool," the author is describing his state of mind for the women that he loves. He also uses metaphor to compare her figure. Overall, I thoroughly enjoy reading these love poems in class. Those poems provide different perspectives from male and female speakers and how the individual sees love.