The Lie by Sir Walter Ralegh

The imaginative power of Ralegh is outstanding in this piece. The persona inm this piece speaks of the "soul, the body's guest" and how a soul can have all these different attributes, good and bad. I found poignancy in this piece as well because for every good aspect of the soul the author compares it to a negative thing. For example, witness the poignancy of this beautifully written stanza, "Tell zeal it wants devotion; tell love it is but lust; tell time it is but motion; tell flesh it is but dust. And wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie."