Abstract
This paper is an attempt to demonstrate the power and meaning of human lyricism by the only means that can really do so—lyricism itself. Using a fresh reading of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets (Eliot, 1944), the author demonstrates the lyrical attitude Eliot himself offers us as a way to observe the world. This lyrical attitude, which the author believes is a vital component of the analytic presence, will be presented here as a unique kind of integration between the predictable and explicable—and that which is inexplicable and sometimes even unknowable.
Notes
1. In contrast to Gilead, I am considering “possible” and “actual” as two categories within the mind itself.