# Old Jeannette — Poetry character guide

> Old Jeannette in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-from-spring-days-to-winter

## Who they are

An elderly female character mentioned in a poem.

## In the story

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

Appears in 'Ballade de Marguerite' as a figure who dies at the autumn fall.

### [Ballade de Marguerite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/ballade-de-marguerite)

Mentioned as the keeper of the hall who died at the autumn fall, but the speaker notes she did not have gold-brown hair, suggesting the deceased is actually Marguerite.

## Links

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