# Daisy — Poetry character guide

> Daisy in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Meg Merrilies Old Meg, Meg

**First appearance:** 0051-i

## Who they are

A rustic or gypsy character from a ballad.

## In the story

### [Extracts from an Opera](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/extracts-from-an-opera)

Speaker of 'Daisy’s Song', boasting of seeing more than the sun and moon.

### [Daisy's Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/daisy-s-song)

The speaker of the poem, a daisy that personifies nature's quiet observation and contentment.

### [Meg Merrilies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/meg-merrilies)

Meg Merrilies is portrayed as a Gipsy woman living on the moors, identified with the alias 'Meg' from the canonical character Daisy.

### [Chorus of Fairies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/chorus-of-fairies)

Mentioned as 'Breama', the water spirit who longs for Zephyr's love.

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