Poetry · Character
Needleson
A minor but distinctly named figure in Bierce's satiric verse, whose very name suggests the prick of the poet's needle.
supporting
First appearance: poetry
As a supporting figure in Poetry, Needleson is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Enters the graveyard exhaling odors of decayed eggs and unlaundried linen, then exits.
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Needleson is one of the small, sharply drawn figures Bierce deploys to populate his satiric world — a name that does half the work before the line is finished. He exists at the margins of the poems, a target rather than…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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