# Zephyr — Poetry character guide

> Zephyr in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sad Zephyr, the Zephyr, thy

**First appearance:** 0049-endymion

## Who they are

The personified west wind, a gentle natural force.

## In the story

### [Stanzas to Miss Wylie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/stanzas-to-miss-wylie)

Referenced as an amorous breeze, likened to the speaker's sighs.

### [Parting and Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/x)

The zephyr is mentioned as the force that blows the twin roses apart.

### [Spenserian Stanzas on Charles Armitage Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/spenserian-stanzas-on-charles-armitage-brown)

Mentioned in a simile comparing Brown's hair to a thistle holding the Zephyr.

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

Blue-eyed Faery of Air, invites Breama to his western palaces beneath Vesper's twilight.

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