I Met a Seer
I Met a Seer - meaning Summary
Sight and Sudden Blindness
A speaker encounters a seer who holds a "book of wisdom." The speaker insists he already knows much and asks to read, but when the seer opens the book the speaker suddenly becomes blind. The poem presents a brief, paradoxical scene about claimed knowledge versus actual understanding. It suggests that confronting true wisdom can expose limitations, humility, or an inability to perceive what one thought understood.
Read Complete AnalysesI met a seer. He held in his hands The book of wisdom. "Sir," I addressed him, "Let me read." "Child -- " he began. "Sir," I said, "Think not that I am a child, For already I know much Of that which you hold. Aye, much." He smiled. Then he opened the book And held it before me. -- Strange that I should have grown so suddenly blind.
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