Poetry · Character
Picklepip
A wretched, witless, stupid little figure whom Bierce heaps with epithets, Picklepip is the poet's favorite punching bag for comic contempt.
supporting
Also known as Mister Picklepip, Wretched little Picklepip, Stupid little Picklepip, Witless little Picklepip
First appearance: poetry
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Picklepip exists in the poems chiefly as a name to be adorned with insults, each one more dismissive than the last. He is the small, hapless target of the speaker's scorn, a stand-in for every dullard and pretender the…
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- Recurring and Epithet-Laden Characters
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