The Lyric Poet Is Dependent on the Spirit of Music

Nitha tries to reframe music as the will creating an image of itself in order to stand apart from it. He says that lyric poetry is dependent on the spirit of music, just as music does not need the image in the concept but merely endures them as accompaniments. "We can sort of stand between it, a stand with the veil of illusion, between this terrifying image and ourselves"