# Foresight explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief, satirical verse suggesting that the devil is always devising new places (like an 'actors’ cemetery') to gather souls for hell.

## Themes in this chapter

### Hypocrisy and Corruption

The verse satirizes the devil's cunning and relentless schemes, hinting at moral corruption.

## Character check-ins

### Old Nick

Implied as the devil who tirelessly plans places to procure fuel for his fires.

## Key lines

> An 'actors’ cemetery'! Sure / The devil never tires / Of planning places to procure / The sticks to feed his fires.

The devil is always busy inventing new traps, like a cemetery for actors, to gather souls for hell.

_The verse uses dark humor to comment on the devil's foresight in securing damnation._

## Links

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