# Towser — Poetry character guide

> Towser in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Snapshot

A named presence in Bierce's satirical verse, stalking the margins of poems about critics, cadets, and the follies of literary ambition.

## Who they are

Towser belongs to the loose company of Bierce's targets and foils, a figure whose name surfaces amid the poet's tirades against pretension. Whether as a witness to the wounded cadet's lament or a silent companion to the poet's grievances, Towser lends a wry, grounded counterweight to the collection's flights of invective. He matters as a reminder that Bierce's satire is populated, not abstract.

## In the story

### [To a Stray Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/to-a-stray-dog)

The stray dog, initially called Towser, then rechristened Goucher.

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