# Elena — Poetry character guide

> Elena in Poetry by Mina Loy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Elena Of shrunken

**First appearance:** 0002-italian-pictures

## Who they are

A minor female character, possibly from Italian scenes.

## Relationships

### [Ova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/characters/ova)

_friendship_

Elena and Ova are friends, with Elena offering companionship and support to Ova.

## In the story

### [Babies in Hospital](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/babies-in-hospital)

A small girl in the hospital with shrunken limbs and an 'ample sex,' described as having filched her mother's smile. She is fragile and the object of the boy's gallant attention.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/i)

The central figure of the poem, a small girl with shrunken limbs and ample sex, who has filched her mother's smile and lies on a counter-pane, observed in her illness.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/ii)

Elena is the object of the boy's gallant gesture, sitting beside him on a mackintosh.

## Links

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