# Love — Poetry character guide

> Love in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-imitation-of-spenser

## Who they are

The personified deity of love, often addressed in verse.

## In the story

### [I Stood Tiptoe Upon a Little Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/i-stood-tiptoe-upon-a-little-hill)

Appears in the story of Psyche, sharing kisses with her.

### [Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lines)

Personified as a force that knows no fulness and no bounds, guiding the speaker's emotions.

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

Personified love that leads the speaker from cold to warmth and inspires his poetic expression.

### [Translation from a Sonnet of Ronsard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/translation-from-a-sonnet-of-ronsard)

Personified Love who kept Cassandra under his wings and filled her eyes with richness.

### [Ode on Indolence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/ode-on-indolence)

The first figure, a fair Maid, representing Love.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/iii)

The first figure, a fair Maid, representing Love.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/v)

The personified love invited to enter the sanctuary at night.

### [Sonnet: The Day Is Gone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/sonnet-the-day-is-gone)

Personified love, who is addressed as having been served through a 'missal' and is expected to grant sleep.

### [Lines to Fanny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/lines-to-fanny)

Personified as 'fluttering Love' that the speaker wishes to soar above.

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

Depicted as having a moment of piteous, languid innocence before regaining a vengeful and amorous fury, stamping his foot and ordering death warrants.

## Links

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