# Calidore — Poetry character guide

> Calidore in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Calidore

**First appearance:** 0017-calidore

## Who they are

A young knight from an early Keats poem, embodying chivalric ideals.

## In the story

### [Woman! When I Behold Thee Flippant, Vain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/woman-when-i-behold-thee-flippant-vain)

Mentioned as an ideal of chivalric love the speaker aspires to emulate.

### [Calidore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/calidore)

The young protagonist, paddling across the lake and eagerly greeting friends at the castle.

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