# Israfel — Poetry character guide

> Israfel in Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0034-israfel

## Who they are

An angel whose heart-strings are a lute, he sings with such fire that the stars fall mute and even the moon blushes to listen.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_4_se/characters/narrator)

_friendship_

Israfel is a celestial musician whose art the narrator envies and aspires to emulate, creating a bond of shared creativity.

## In the story

### [To Marie Louise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_4_se/chapters/to-marie-louise)

Mentioned as the seraph harper with the sweetest voice, whose power of utterance surpasses the narrator's.

### [Israfel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_4_se/chapters/israfel)

The angel whose heart-strings are a lute and whose song is so wildly well that the stars and moon pause to listen.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_4_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced in a footnote as the angel from the Koran whose heartstrings are a lute, associated with Poe's poem 'Israfel.'

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