Sonet 14 To The Soule Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCCDEAAEFF| That learned Father which so firmly proues | A |
| The soule of man immortall and diuine | B |
| And doth the seuerall offices define | B |
| Anima Giues her that name as shee the body moues | A |
| Amor Then is she loue imbracing Charitie | C |
| Animus Mouing a will in vs it is the mind | C |
| Mens Retayning knowledge still the same in kind | C |
| Memoria As intelectuall it is the memorie | D |
| Ratio In judging Reason onely is her name | E |
| Sensus In speedy apprehension it is sence | A |
| Conscientia In right or wrong they call her conscience | A |
| Spiritus The spirit when it to Godward doth inflame | E |
| These of the soule the seuerall functions bee | F |
| Which my hart lightned by thy loue doth see | F |
Michael Drayton
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