Poetry · Character
The Lost Colonel
A colonel who has gone missing from the record — a ghost of military honor in a collection where soldiers are maimed, mocked, and forgotten.
supporting
First appearance: poetry
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A gallant passenger aboard the Henery Jo, known as 'Colonel,' who remains calm during the storm and jokes about the dryness of life, only to die of thirst after falling overboard.
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The Lost Colonel belongs to the same ruined martial world as Shafter, the cadet whose cannon turned on him, and the dead who lie 'with crossed white hands, shut eyes and formal feet.' His absence is his defining…
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- Other
Character groups
- Religious and Historical Figures
- Protagonist
- Personifications and Named Characters
- Diverse Allegorical and Named Figures
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- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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