# LVIII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief reflection on the differing perceptions of happiness between youth and age, where youth sees it as the future and age sees it as a dream.

## Key lines

> Happiness has not to all the same name: to Youth she is known as the Future; Age knows her as the Dream.

Happiness is perceived differently by different people: young people think of it as something yet to come, while older people think of it as something already past.

_This aphorism contrasts the forward-looking optimism of youth with the nostalgic reflection of age._

## Links

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