The article reveals the poetic facets of the creative multilateral personality personality of Simeon Polotsky, a prominent public figure and writer of XVII century. Simeon Polotsky is the founder of poetic and of dramatic genres in Russian literature. The works of Simeon Polotsky are often linked to the emergence in Russian literature of eulogy and of fables, baroque syllabic system of versification, and poetic rendering of the Psalter. His poems are often instructive and educational in the desire as clear as possible to transfer knowledge. His poems reflect many personal experiences and life events of the tsar family because he was the teacher of tsar’s children. The patriotic feelings of Simeon Polotsky in connection with contemporary historical events were also reflected in his poems. He considered the glorification of the might and glory of the Russian state as the most important task. He paid much attention to the reform of the literary language in his publishing activities by bringing it to the living spoken language. Simeon Polotsky fought for the churching of culture and believed that unifying the Slavic peoples can and should be a single Orthodox religion. He was the first Russian writer tooking on the role of ‘Advisor to kings’, affecting ideology and policy. The work of writer Simeon Polotsky perceived as a personal and moral achievement. Just as God created the world with Word, the writer in his poetic world creates the world of art. Thanks to Simeon Polotsky educational book and the word occupies a higher place in the national public consciousness. His diverse literary work and beginnings in poetry were a powerful impetus to further development of domestic culture on a spiritual basis.