# Pixley Pasha — Poetry character guide

> Pixley Pasha in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pixley

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

A titled figure whose grand pasha airs collide with Bierce's satiric verse, exposing the pomp and pretense lurking beneath official dignity.

## In the story

### [For President, Leland Stanford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/for-president-leland-stanford)

Depicted as a sycophantic advisor who licks Stanford's feet and is kicked when the mountain does not obey.

### [Indicted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/indicted)

Referenced in a quote by George Gorham about facing prison.

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