# Dear Governor — Poetry character guide

> Dear Governor in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

An unnamed executive addressed directly in verse, standing in for every official whose promises dissolve the moment the poet's pen demands payment.

## In the story

### [Metempsychosis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/metempsychosis)

The soul now joys as Governor Altgeld of Illinois.

### [On the Scales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/on-the-scales)

The target of satire; lost weight during illness but remains foolish, absurd, malicious, and perverse.

### [A Patter Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/a-patter-song)

The cranky, self-conceited governor who is the subject of the satire.

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