In such a social environment, faithful love is not advocated, so love poems handed down from generation to generation are all called friendship in our orthodox education. The famous book of songs, "The pigeon in Guanguan is in Hezhou." The beautiful and virtuous woman is a good spouse of a gentleman. "Someone once said it was to promote friendship.
So I think even if the author writes about love, he may not dare to admit it himself.
As far as I am concerned, I think this is love. As for the exam, it depends on the teacher.
Hehe, don't be too entangled.