# Chas. B. Moore explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ring Lardner.

## What happens

A brief, whimsical verse about Charles B. Moore, a vice-president of the American Bond & Mortgage Co. in Chicago, who feels no guilt over a bear that was meant to be killed, questioning why the farmer should cry over spilt milk.

## Themes in this chapter

### Humor and Satire

The verse uses playful rhyme and absurdity to comment on guilt and responsibility.

## Character check-ins

### Chas. B. Moore

Vice-President of American Bond & Mortgage Co., Chicago; subject of a lighthearted verse about a bear and spilt milk.

## Key lines

> In Charles there’s no feeling of guilt; ’Twas a bear that he meant should be kilt. And I cannot see why The farmer should cry Over milk unavoidably spilt.

Charles feels no remorse because he intended to kill the bear; the farmer's tears over spilled milk seem pointless.

_The verse humorously dismisses regret over unavoidable outcomes._

## Links

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