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
