# CCXLVII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

An awakened soul asks 'Who am I?' and is told by a smiling angel that this knowledge is denied in Heaven.

## Key lines

> Who am I?

An awakened soul asks for its identity.

_The soul seeks self-knowledge._

> That is the only knowledge that is denied to you here; this is Heaven.

A smiling angel explains that in Heaven, the one thing withheld is the answer to the soul's identity.

_Heaven denies self-knowledge._

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