Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Poet's Thought

The Poet's Thought - meaning Summary

Inspiration Made Lasting

The poem describes a sudden, luminous inspiration that arrives to the poet in visionary dreams. That idea combines wisdom and passion, is shaped into clear, radiant language, and is captured like a jewel. The final image stresses the permanence and brilliance of the poet’s creation, suggesting that true poetic thought transforms fleeting revelation into something timeless and universally luminous.

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It came to him in rainbow dreams, Blent with the wisdom of the sages, Of spirit and of passion born; In words as lucent as the morn He prisoned it, and now it gleams A jewel shining through the ages.

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