III
Lyric thought is a kind of ontological seismic exploration and metaphors are charges set by the seismic crew. A good metaphor lets us see more deeply than a weak one.[1]
A metaphor is like a depth charge[2]
[1] Zwicky, W&M, LH44.
[2] Jan Zwicky, “Mathematical Analogy and Metaphorical Insight,” in Alkibiades’ Love: Essays in Philosophy (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015), p. 130.