# Arlo Will — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> Arlo Will in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0237-arlo-will

## Who they are

A farmer who dies from a stroke while working.

## In the story

### [Arlo Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/arlo-will)

The speaker of this visionary poem, whose reflections on emerging from mud and walking through fields of splendor suggest a soul's ascent toward the final flame.

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