# Lorenzo — Poetry character guide > Lorenzo in Poetry by John Keats. **Role:** major **Also known as:** young Lorenzo, your, thee **First appearance:** 0051-i ## Snapshot A young palmer in love's eye, whose secret devotion to Isabel is shadowed by her brothers' avarice and the violence it breeds. ## Who they are Lorenzo loves Isabel across the same household that employs him, and their stolen meetings in a bower of hyacinth and musk are tender, hushed, and doomed by the pride of her merchant brothers. His passion is both meek and wild—he prays for power to speak, yet his voice keeps failing him. In the early arc of Isabella, his love becomes the fragile center around which the poem's darker forces of greed and cruelty begin to close. ## In the story ### [Isabella, or the Pot of Basil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/isabella-or-the-pot-of-basil) Isabella's lover, murdered by her brothers; his ghost appears to reveal the murder. ### [Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/i) Young palmer in love's eye, shares a mutual and consuming love with Isabel. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/ii) His love for Isabel grows more intense with each morning and evening. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/iv) Young lover who delays declaring his love despite his promises. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/v) Lorenzo observes Isabella's illness and decides to speak his love plainly to comfort her. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/vii) Awakens anguished after a dreary night of love and misery. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/viii) Speaker of the confession, expressing his love and desperation. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xi) Meets secretly with Isabel in a bower before dusk. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xiii) Young Lorenzo is mentioned as not being embalmed in warm Indian clove, highlighting the tragic outcome of his love. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xiv) Not directly mentioned in this chapter, but contextually tied to Isabel's story. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xviii) Mentioned as having 'a straying from his toil' in his eye, suggesting his distraction by love. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxi) Lorenzo is the object of the brothers' bitter thoughts as they discover his love for Isabel. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxii) The young man targeted for murder by Isabel's brothers. ### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxiii) Leaning over the garden-terrace balustrade at sunrise, appearing content. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxiv) Lorenzo is courteously greeting his brothers and preparing for the hunt. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxvi) Bids Isabel a good morrow, expresses fear of losing her and sorrow at their short separation, promises to return soon. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxvii) Lorenzo is the murdered man, described as flush with love even in death. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxviii) Slain and buried in the forest; his great love ceases. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxix) Lorenzo is falsely reported to have taken ship for foreign lands. ### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxi) Lorenzo is the object of Isabel's sorrow, referenced as her love traveling in rude conditions. ### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxiii) His absence is the cause of Isabel's distress. ### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxv) Appears as a ghostly vision at Isabel's bedside, his body decayed from the forest tomb. ### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxvi) The pale shadow speaking is Lorenzo's ghost. ### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxvii) The murdered lover whose stabbing in the forest dell is recalled. ### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxviii) Speaks from the tomb, describing his burial site and pleading for Isabel's tear. ### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xliii) His remains are the dearly prized clay Isabel seeks. ### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xliv) His earthy bed is found by Isabel and the aged Dame. ### [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xlv) Lorenzo is the deceased beloved, whose death has left Isabella in profound mourning. ### [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lvii) Lorenzo is implicitly referenced as the cause of Isabel's sorrow, though not named directly. ### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lviii) Referenced indirectly through the memory of her love's delay, which Isabel seems to have forgotten. ### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lx) His face is discovered in the basil pot, confirming the brothers' murder. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/characters/lorenzo - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/characters