# Jay Gould — Poetry character guide

> Jay Gould in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

The notorious Gilded Age financier, summoned into Bierce's verse as shorthand for the era's rapacious, unapologetic wealth.

## In the story

### [A Partial Eclipse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/a-partial-eclipse)

Mentioned indirectly as 'Miss Gould,' whose brain is half-fooled by the event.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/xvii)

The deceased subject of the epitaph, lying in state.

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