# Mary — Poetry character guide

> Mary in Poetry by Mina Loy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mina Loy

**First appearance:** 0000-there-is-no-life-or-death

## Who they are

A figure conflated with the poet Mina Loy, possibly autobiographical.

## Relationships

### [Cesira](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/characters/cesira)

_friendship_

Cesira and Mary are companions, possibly sisters or close friends, with warm interactions.

## In the story

### [Parturition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/parturition)

The speaker of the poem, undergoing childbirth and reflecting on pain, gender, and maternity.

### [The Costa San Giorgio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/the-costa-san-giorgio)

Implied observer or narrator, possibly Mina Loy, as the 'English' presence making a 'tepid blot' on the Italian scene.

### [Three Moments in Paris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/three-moments-in-paris)

The narrator and central consciousness, reflecting on gender roles and intellectual awakening.

### [One O’Clock at Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/one-o-clock-at-night)

The speaker, Mina Loy, narrates her experience of being a passive woman in a male-dominated intellectual discussion.

### [Magasins du Louvre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/magasins-du-louvre)

Implied speaker or observer whose eyes are 'inextricably entangled with the pattern of the carpet' in shame.

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

Implied as the speaker or observer who addresses the children, refusing the role of mother and acknowledging her own ignorance.

### [Lions’ Jaws](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/lions-jaws)

Referred to as Nima Lyo, Anim Yol, Imna Oly, a secret service buffoon to the Woman's Cause who petitions to be the mother of a flabbergast child.

### [Songs to Joannes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/songs-to-joannes)

The speaker of the poem, identified as Mina Loy, whose voice articulates the raw, disillusioned perspective on love and identity.

### [Lunar Baedeker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_17_se/chapters/lunar-baedeker)

Implied authorial presence; the poem is attributed to Mina Loy, whose alias is Mary.

## Links

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