# Rizpah — Poetry character guide

> Rizpah in Poetry by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0079-rizpah-the-daughter-of-ai

## Who they are

Biblical figure who guards the bodies of her sons, a symbol of maternal grief.

## In the story

### [Rizpah, the Daughter of Ai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/rizpah-the-daughter-of-ai)

The daughter of Ai, who mourns the death of her prince and loved one, guarding the dead with fierce maternal love.

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