Sonnet Xii: That Learned Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDEEDFGHFDD| To the Soul | A |
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| That learned Father who so firmly proves | B |
| The Soul of man immortal and divine | C |
| And doth the several offices define | C |
| Anima Gives her that name as she the Body moves | B |
| Amor Then is she Love embracing charity | D |
| Animus Moving a Will in us it is the Mind | E |
| Mens Retaining knowledge still the same in kind | E |
| Memoria As intellectual it is Memory | D |
| Ratio In judging Reason only is her name | F |
| Sensus In speedy apprehension it is Sense | G |
| Conscientia In right or wrong they call her Conscience | H |
| Spiritus The Spirit when it to Godward doth inflame | F |
| These of the Soul the several functions be | D |
| Which my Heart lighten'd by thy love doth see | D |
Michael Drayton
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