# The Huckster — Poetry character guide

> The Huckster in Poetry by Edward Thomas.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0029-the-huckster

## Who they are

A hawker of small wares and hard-won knowledge, moving between fields and firesides, turning what others discard into something worth carrying.

## Relationships

### [Old Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/characters/old_man)

_rivalry_

The Old Man and The Huckster are adversaries, likely over trade or deception.

## In the story

### [As the Team’s Head-Brass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/as-the-team-s-head-brass)

The ploughman who works the team and talks about the war and the fallen elm.

### [Like the Touch of Rain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/like-the-touch-of-rain)

Implied as the woman whose touch is like rain and who utters the final 'Go now.'

### [The Huckster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-huckster)

Depicted with a hump like an ape and lacking money, but cheerful with his wife on a May morning.

### [A Gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/a-gentleman)

The stranger who condemns the gentleman as a scoundrel.

### [It Was Upon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/it-was-upon)

The wandering man who speaks of the lattermath, though his identity is only that of a stranger.

### [Words](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/words)

The wild girl mentions her father, who was the little boy who fed the engine and later took to the land; he is the huckster figure in the narrative.

### [To-Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/to-night)

Implied by the mention of 'Harry' and 'Kate,' though not explicitly named in the excerpt.

### [The Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-other)

The landlady and customers at the inn who mistake the speaker for the other.

### [The Gypsy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-gypsy)

Mentioned among the fair's figures, including farmer, auctioneer, cheap-jack, balloon-man, and drover.

### [Man and Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/man-and-dog)

Not directly present, but the old man's mention of a 'money-box' and flint-picking alludes to a huckster-like existence.

## Links

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