# CCXXIV explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief, aphoristic chapter advising that when one's shadow falls westward, one should pause until it falls eastward, at which point one has reached one's destination.

## Key lines

> In the journey of life when thy shadow falls to the westward stop until it falls to the eastward. Thou art then at thy destination.

In life's journey, if your shadow points west, wait until it points east; then you have arrived.

_A metaphorical instruction about patience and timing in reaching one's goal._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_se/chapters/ccxxiv
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