# XLIV explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief epitaph for Stanford, who expected God to come to him rather than going to meet his maker.

## Themes in this chapter

### Mortality and Regret

Stanford's death and his expectation that God would hasten to meet him, suggesting a sense of entitlement or regret.

## Character check-ins

### Stanford

The subject of the epitaph, who waited for God to come to him.

## Links

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