# Poetry — Character guide

> Key figures in Poetry by Fernando Pessoa.

- [Unknown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): The unnamed narrator or focal character, often speaking in first person.
- [The Bride](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/the_bride.md): A central female figure, likely the bride in a wedding or romantic context.
- [Hadrian](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/hadrian.md): The Roman emperor Hadrian, a key historical figure in the narrative.
- [Fate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/fate_nature.md): Personified forces of destiny and the natural world, often addressed directly.
- [Death](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/death.md): Personified Death, a recurring figure in poetic address.
- [Thought](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/thought.md): Personified Thought, a recurring abstract entity in the poems.
- [Venus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/venus.md): The goddess Venus, appearing as a mythological figure.
- [Ganymede](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/ganymede.md): The mythological youth Ganymede, cupbearer to the gods.
- [Lo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/lo.md): A character or addressee named Lo, possibly mythological.

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