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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDEA: 12. TO THE SOUL, by MICHAEL DRAYTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That learn'd father, who so firmly proves Last Line: Which my heart, lighten'd by thy love, doth see. | |||
That learned Father, who so firmly proves The Soul of man immortal and divine, And doth the several offices define: Anima - Gives her that name, as she the Body moves; Amor - Then is she Love, embracing charity; Animus - Moving a Will in us, it is the Mind Mens - Retaining knowledge, still the same in kind; Memoria - As intellectual, it is Memory; Ratio - In judging, Reason only is her name; Sensus - In speedy apprehension, it is Sense; Conscientia - In right or wrong, they call her Conscience; Spiritus - The Spirit, when it to Godward doth inflame. These of the Soul the several functions be, Which my Heart, lighten'd by thy love, doth see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IDEA: 14. TO TIME by MICHAEL DRAYTON IDEA: TO THE READER OF THESE SONNETS, INTRODUCTION by MICHAEL DRAYTON TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE [1611] by MICHAEL DRAYTON A HYMNE TO HIS LADIES BIRTH-PLACE by MICHAEL DRAYTON A SKELTONIAD by MICHAEL DRAYTON AN AMOURET ANACREONTICK by MICHAEL DRAYTON AN ELEGIE UPON THE DEATH OF THE LADY PENELOPE CLIFTON by MICHAEL DRAYTON |
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