Despite leaving high school, Gwendolyn MacEwen is regarded as one of the best Canadian poets, and is said to be a “sophisticated, wide-ranging and thoughtful writer” who has published over twenty books in her lifetime. A sense of mystery and magic, stemmed from her interests in Gnostics and magic, surrounds her. Her quirky and peculiar personality is reflected in many of her poems, including The Garden of the Thieves. The Garden of the Thieves, by Gwendolyn MacEwen is an interior monologue from a first person point of view from the perspective of the narrator. Her spiritual nature is perfectly shown in this poem as she describes how the idea of The Garden of the Thieves came to her in a dream. The dreams people experience are often viewed as absurd and nonsensical. However, these illusions are merely creations of the dreamer’s own “unconscious minds,” thus, the fact that MacEwen based this poem off a dream she had, shows she is attuned with her spirituality and subconscious. Additionally, this dream can also be perceived as an alternate realm or dimension that MacEwen visited to gain inspiration, which enhances her magical and mystical aura.
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This shows that this poem idea has been on the narrator’s mind for a long time and he has made multiple reminders telling him to complete it. The personification of his notes provides imagery for it creates an illusion of voices whispering into the speaker’s ears “telling” (5) him to “write it” (5). Also, the repetition of “write it” (5) gives a sense of urgency as the notes press the speaker to compose the
This shows that this poem idea has been on the narrator’s mind for a long time and he has made multiple reminders telling him to complete it. The personification of his notes provides imagery for it creates an illusion of voices whispering into the speaker’s ears “telling” (5) him to “write it” (5). Also, the repetition of “write it” (5) gives a sense of urgency as the notes press the speaker to compose the