# LII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief chapter suggesting that studying the good and bad in women requires only one woman, not two.

## Key lines

> For study of the good and the bad in woman two women are a needless expense.

To understand both the virtues and flaws of women, a single woman is sufficient; a second is unnecessary.

_The narrator asserts that one woman provides enough material to study both good and bad qualities._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_se/chapters/lii
- Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_se
- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_se/chapters