# LXIV explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief reflection on gender roles and perception, suggesting that if women were the writers instead of the talkers, men would be considered superior in beauty, grace, and goodness.

## Key lines

> If women did the writing of the world, instead of the talking, men would be regarded as the superior sex in beauty, grace and goodness.

If women were the ones who wrote about the world rather than speaking about it, men would be seen as the more beautiful, graceful, and good gender.

_A satirical inversion of traditional gender stereotypes._

## Links

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