# Beatricé — Poetry character guide

> Beatricé in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0056-vita-nuova

## Who they are

The beloved of Dante Alighieri, appearing in his works.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/iii)

Dante's beloved, beside whom his soul now walks.

### [Rosa Mystica](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/rosa-mystica)

Referenced in 'Madonna Mia' as the object of Dante's reverence, symbolizing spiritual love.

### [Madonna Mia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/madonna-mia)

Beatrice is invoked as the object of Dante's veneration, paralleling the speaker's reverence for the lily-girl.

### [Flowers of Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/flowers-of-gold)

Appears in 'A Vision' as the guide who identifies the three tragic poets.

### [A Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/a-vision)

The speaker's guide who identifies the three tragic poets.

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