# CCII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

Age reflects on past struggles, seeing the bogs he has floundered through with the wisdom of hindsight.

## Key lines

> Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

In old age, looking back at past difficulties is considered wise.

_Reflection on the value of hindsight._

## Links

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