Quote #55331
Love passed, the muse appeared, the weather
of mind got clarity newfound;
now free, I once more weave together
emotion, thought, and magic sound.
of mind got clarity newfound;
now free, I once more weave together
emotion, thought, and magic sound.
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The speaker describes a cycle familiar in lyric poetry: an intense love affair ends, and in the emotional aftermath artistic inspiration (“the muse”) returns. The “weather of mind” clearing suggests that passion had clouded perception or disrupted creative equilibrium; once the storm passes, the poet regains inner freedom and compositional control. The final image—“weave together / emotion, thought, and magic sound”—frames poetry as a synthesis of feeling, intellect, and musical language. In this reading, love is both a consuming force and a catalyst: its departure makes space for the poet’s vocation to reassert itself, restoring clarity and the capacity to shape experience into art.




