gay


 * //–adjective//**
 * 1. || having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music. ||


 * 2. || bright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments. ||

This is a very important word to understand in this poem because gay has two different meanings. In this poem I think that gay is being used in a happy and merry way, saying that something is beautiful and gay. The other meaning of gay has to do with someone's sexual orientation. If someone read this poem, and in their mind thought of sexual orientation instead of happy and merry, then their understanding of the poem would be very different and probably wrong.