# Bellanaine — Poetry character guide

> Bellanaine in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** fair Bellanaine, Miss Bellanaine, cursed Bellanaine

**First appearance:** 0051-i

## Who they are

A fairy princess from a comic narrative.

## In the story

### [Canto the XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/canto-the-xiii)

Referenced as the 'Princess' the Mule is glad to be free from.

### [The Cap and Bells](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/the-cap-and-bells)

Princess of Imaus, brought weeping to marry Elfinan; she laments the match and dreams of another.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/iv)

Fair daughter of Pigmio, brought weeping as a bride.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/vi)

Addressed as 'Dear Princess' by Corallina, who warns her about Crafticant.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/ix)

Silenced but lamenting her forced marriage, she expresses disdain for lowland blood.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xii)

Highland princess criticized in a calumnious article for giving way to a new-fangled vice.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xiii)

Revealed to have loved a man before marriage and to have sought escape to Angle-land.

### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xlix)

Cursed by the speaker, but the Mago advises against thinking of her.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lii)

Mentioned as the potential bride the highness refuses to marry.

### [LXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lxi)

Referred to as the Emperor's 'pigsney' and the object of the crowd's attention.

### [LXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lxviii)

Bellanaine is the recipient of Elfinan's dramatic and ironic farewell.

### [LXXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lxxxiii)

The fair Princess who bows from her winged chair and distributes jewels to the crowd.

### [LXXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lxxxiv)

Bellanaine is shouted by the crowd as the procession moves toward the portico.

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