Wordsworth's Poetical Works

Wordsworth's Poetical Works Character List

Dorothy Wordsworth

William Wordsworth's sister, with whom the poet was very close

John Milton

A great poet who lived from 1608-1674; most famous for writing Paradise Lost

Lucy

The focus of a group of poems commonly known as "The Lucy Poems," her true identity (if she even actually existed) is unknown

Proteus

A sea god who takes on different forms

The speaker

The common term used for the narrator of a poem

Triton

A sea god who is half god, half man