How does The Second Anniversarie: Of the Progres of the Soule move toward eternal life?

In The Second Anniversarie: Of the Progres of the Soule, John Donne moves toward eternal life by utilizing the figure of Elizabeth Drury—the 14-year-old daughter of his patron—as an idealized "Idea of a woman" and a lost pattern of virtue.1

While his earlier work, The First Anniversarie: An Anatomie of the World, laments humanity’s spiritual death and the decay of a world that has lost its connection to divine wisdom, The Second Anniversarie serves as a philosophical progression. Through a eulogy on Elizabeth Drury, Donne ultimately regains the wisdom necessary to direct his soul toward eternal life. By focusing on this idealized figure, he transcends the worldly decay described in his previous work, shifting his perspective from the temporal state of humanity to the spiritual advancement of the soul.1