# Aurora — Poetry character guide

> Aurora in Poetry by Henry van Dyke Jr..

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** thee, Thy

**First appearance:** 0002-when-tulips-bloom

## Who they are

Goddess of dawn, personified in verse.

## In the story

### [Keats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_10_se/chapters/keats)

Mentioned in the context of the myth of Aurora and Tithonus, contrasting Keats's fate.

### [Eight Echoes from the Poems of Auguste Angellier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_10_se/chapters/eight-echoes-from-the-poems-of-auguste-angellier)

Mentioned in 'The Ivory Cradle' as Aurora's virgin whiteness dying in crimson glory.

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