# The Pelican Chorus — Nonsense Books character guide

> The Pelican Chorus in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pelican jill, Pelican jee

**First appearance:** 0097-the-pelican-chorus

## Snapshot

A chorus of pelicans on the Nile whose proud refrain of happiness frames their daughter Dell's courtship and departure with the King of the Cranes.

## Who they are

The Pelican Chorus narrates the great feast thrown for Daughter Dell, where herons, gulls, flamingoes, and the King of the Cranes in his blue dress-coat all gather on the shore. Their buoyant song of self-congratulation—Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee—carries the story forward even as Dell gives her heart away and flies off to stranger plains. What lingers is the chorus left behind on the sand in June, watching the moon and singing the same refrain through their loss.

## In the story

### [The Pelican Chorus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/the-pelican-chorus)

The King and Queen of the Pelicans narrate their story, expressing pride in their species and sorrow at their daughter's departure.

## Links

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