# Lil — Poetry character guide

> Lil in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0034-ii-a-game-of-chess

## Who they are

A woman in The Waste Land whose husband Albert returns from war, discussed in a pub.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_social_

The narrator interacts with Lil as a casual acquaintance, discussing her personal life and appearance in a detached, observational manner.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_social_

The narrator interacts with Lil as a casual acquaintance, discussing her personal life and appearance in a detached, observational manner.

## In the story

### [II: A Game of Chess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/ii-a-game-of-chess)

Lil is the subject of a pub conversation, criticized for her appearance after taking pills to abort a child, and awaiting her husband Albert's return.

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