# Maple — New Hampshire character guide

> Maple in New Hampshire by Robert Frost.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-maple

## Who they are

A personified or named character in the poem 'Maple'.

## Relationships

### [Mabel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/new_hampshire_se/characters/mabel)

_friendship_

Mabel and Maple are companions, possibly siblings or close friends, with a gentle, supportive dynamic.

## In the story

### [Maple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/new_hampshire_se/chapters/maple)

Protagonist whose name, given by her dying mother, becomes a central mystery and influence in her life.

### [Wild Grapes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/new_hampshire_se/chapters/wild-grapes)

The speaker, a girl who was lifted into a birch tree by her brother and clung to it, reflecting on the experience as formative.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/new_hampshire_se/characters/maple
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/new_hampshire_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/new_hampshire_se/characters