# Mary — Poetry character guide

> Mary in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mary Jane

**First appearance:** 0196-ballad-of-gin-mary

## Who they are

A woman addressed in poems about love or daily life.

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