# Willy — Poetry character guide

> Willy in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a Vanquished Beau Willy

**First appearance:** 0006-the-lament-of-a-vanquished-beau

## Who they are

A lovelorn young man lamenting a lost romance.

## In the story

### [The Lament of a Vanquished Beau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/the-lament-of-a-vanquished-beau)

The vanquishing beau who takes the speaker's best girl.

### [Mister Sandman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/mister-sandman)

Mentioned as one of the children asleep in bed.

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