# Poesy — Poetry character guide

> Poesy in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** its

**First appearance:** 0040-sleep-and-poetry

## Who they are

The personified spirit of poetry.

## In the story

### [Sonnet: Oh! How I Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/sonnet-oh-how-i-love)

The personified force on whose wings the speaker upsoars.

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

The third figure, the speaker's demon Poesy, whom he loves despite blame.

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

The third figure, the speaker's demon Poesy, whom he loves despite blame.

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

Mentioned as lacking a joy as sweet as drowsy noons for the speaker.

### [Ode to a Nightingale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/ode-to-a-nightingale)

Invoked as the 'viewless wings' by which the speaker attempts to fly to the nightingale.

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

Personified as the 'viewless wings' that carry the speaker to the nightingale.

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