# Fancy — Poetry character guide

> Fancy in Poetry by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-a-book-of-dreams

## Who they are

Personified imagination or whimsy.

## In the story

### [July](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/july)

Mentioned as having doves swept away by a whirlwind, symbolizing the loss of imaginative or spiritual comfort.

### [Second Sight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/second-sight)

Personified as the rich imaginative force that doubles back seeming forms and builds palaces from icicles.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/characters