# George Perry — Poetry character guide

> George Perry in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Snapshot

A name that surfaces in Bierce's verse as a foil or companion, one of the many figures the poet addresses with wry familiarity.

## Who they are

Perry moves through the poems as a recurring addressee, someone the speaker can hail by name when he wants to make a point personal. The relationship is one of easy, needling intimacy, the sort that lets a poet scold, tease, or confide without ceremony. He matters because he gives the verse a human target, turning abstract satire into something like a conversation between friends who know each other's faults.

## In the story

### [Genius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/genius)

Mentioned as an example of a stout, commercially successful writer (George Ade).

### [Another Aspirant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/another-aspirant)

Referenced as George Dewey, the naval hero and aspirant to political favor.

### [George A. Knight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/george-a-knight)

Mentioned as 'George A. Knight', the attorney being condemned.

### [To a Bully](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/to-a-bully)

The subject of the poem, a lawyer and former state legislator, accused of bullying witnesses and hypocrisy.

### [George C. Perkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/george-c-perkins)

Likely a stand-in for George C. Perkins, depicted as a clumsy and low politician who wins through Fortune's intervention.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Subject of the epitaph; described as stiff, stark, dark-hearted, and skilled in being an ass.

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