# Earth — Poetry character guide

> Earth in Poetry by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0420-mother-nature

## Who they are

Personified planet or ground, often maternal.

## In the story

### [To My Sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/to-my-sister)

Personified as mother, representing earthly origin.

### [To My Mother Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/to-my-mother-earth)

The speaker's beloved 'Mother Earth,' addressed throughout as the source of life and the object of his dying love.

### [November, 1851](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/november-1851)

Mother Earth calling back her own in the dim woods.

### [A Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/a-fear)

The speaker addresses Mother Earth directly, confiding a fear of growing estranged from her.

### [Summer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/summer)

Personified as casting off labor in response to a roundelay.

### [Confidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/confidence)

Personified as calmly sleeping, enduring eclipses, and blessed with heavenly visions.

### [Unrest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/unrest)

Addressed directly as a restless entity with no breathing time.

### [Rondel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/rondel)

Addressed as the entity that gave the body and to which it returns.

### [Faith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/faith)

Personified as a celestial body rushing through space, defiantly claiming its native flame and liberty.

## Links

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