# Clorinda — Poetry character guide

> Clorinda in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0056-troubled-woman

## Who they are

A woman who speaks in a poem, possibly a lover or friend.

## In the story

### [Beale Street Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/beale-street-love)

The victim of domestic violence who, despite being beaten, tells her abuser to hit her again.

## Links

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