For discussion of this verse as part of an informal three-verse set, see 110,5 . The effect of the in the second line is wonderfully evocative. What a tone of insultedness it conveys! Not to speak of being equal to truly great and impressive entities-- am I not equal even to minor ones? What an indignity! Am I not equal even to the sky? Or else (if we read as 'also'), in view of all the other things I'm equal to, how could I not be equal to the sky as well? For other verses that seem to be addressed to a divine Beloved, see 20,10 . graphics/sky.jpg