# Unexpounded explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief satirical commentary on the legal profession, suggesting that lawyers focus on technicalities and documents rather than true justice.

## Themes in this chapter

### Hypocrisy and Corruption

The chapter criticizes lawyers for prioritizing legal technicalities over true justice.

## Key lines

> On Evidence, on Deeds, on Bills, On Copyhold, on Loans, on Wills, Lawyers great books indite. The creaking of their busy quills I never heard on Right.

Lawyers write extensively about legal documents and procedures, but never about justice itself.

_Highlights the disconnect between legal practice and moral right._

## Links

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