The defining feature of the creative handwriting of Simeon Polotsky is encyclopaedism, historical awareness and intellectual sophistication. His poems are mainly bright philosophical maxims, wisdom, didactic teachings. Simeon Polotsky's work is an organic synthesis of literature, philosophy and theology, a skillful combination of Western and Eastern patristics, ancient and Christian aesthetics.

As a philosopher and master of the artistic word, Polotsky was formed in the cultural and intellectual atmosphere of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He made his first literary attempts while studying in Kyiv and Vilnius. In the archives, early works of Polatskii were found, written mainly in the old Belarusian and Polish languages, and he used both Cyrillic and Latin.

Simeon Polatsky published "The Wand of Government" (1667), two voluminous collections of works: "The Garden of Many Colors" (1678) and "Rhythmology" (1680). He wrote and staged two plays: "The Parable of the Prodigal Son" and "About King Nachodanesar". After the educator's death, the corpus of his sermons was published in two books: "Soulful Dinner" (1681) and "Soulful Supper" (1683).

Simeon Polatsky was a representative of the European Baroque, and many things seemed strange to him in the conservative Russian environment. For example, buffoons, traveling musicians, and folk clubs were persecuted; women sat in prisons, even learning foreign languages ​​was considered sinful. Nevertheless, it was Simeon Polatsky who was entrusted with organizing the first production at the royal court. Simeon Polatsky is considered the founder of Russian art studies. He recognized the importance of ancient mythology, although for many at that time it was considered a pagan heresy, he wrote a treatise on icon painting.