The build-up of the fourth to sixth ways is intense, as the soul gets ‘dominated’, ‘contained’ and ‘conquered’ until Beatrice ‘can hardly control herself’ and no longer has any ‘power of her limbs and senses’ (fourth way). The fifth way includes a period of ‘tensed expectation’, as the soul burns strong and furious, ‘repeatedly [and] painfully wounded’ until her ‘marrow pines away, and her legs weaken and her chest scorches, and her throat dries up so that her face and all her limbs take part in the heat inside, take part in this primal rage of love.’ I mean, that just sounds to me like a good
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