# July Fourth explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

The chapter opens with a divine command for noise on Independence Day, as the dawn of the Fourth of July illuminates every spire, celebrating the birth of American freedom.

## Key lines

> God said: 'Let there be noise.' The dawning fire Of Independence gilded every spire.

On the Fourth of July, a divine command initiates a celebration of noise, as the sunrise of Independence Day illuminates all the church spires.

_The chapter uses biblical language to describe the start of Independence Day festivities._

## Links

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