# Stetson — Poetry character guide

> Stetson in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0033-i-the-burial-of-the-dead

## Who they are

A fellow soldier addressed in The Waste Land, linked to the Punic Wars and resurrection.

## Relationships

### [Saint Mary Woolnoth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/saint_mary_woolnoth)

_social_

Saint Mary Woolnoth and Stetson are linked as part of the same desolate urban scene, with Stetson being a fellow commuter or soldier.

## In the story

### [The Waste Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/the-waste-land)

An acquaintance encountered in the Unreal City, addressed by the narrator as a fellow soldier from the Battle of Mylae.

### [I: The Burial of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/i-the-burial-of-the-dead)

An acquaintance recognized by the narrator in the Unreal City; the narrator questions him about a corpse planted in his garden.

## Links

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