The Raggedy Man

E338998
dialect poem poem

The Raggedy Man is a popular dialect poem by American writer James Whitcomb Riley that affectionately portrays a whimsical, storytelling handyman figure.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
“The Raggedy Man” 2
The Raggedy Man canonical 1
the Raggedy Man 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorPersona James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
surface form: James Whitcomb Riley as 'Hoosier Poet'
author James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance one of James Whitcomb Riley's best-known dialect poems ⓘ
featuresCharacter The Raggedy Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the Raggedy Man
firstPublicationForm newspaper or periodical ⓘ
genre children's poetry ⓘ
dialect poetry ⓘ
hasTheme kindness toward working-class people ⓘ
nostalgia for childhood ⓘ
power of stories ⓘ
influenced American children's verse tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Hoosier dialect tradition ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
narrativePerspective child's point of view ⓘ
portrays handyman ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
settingRegion Indiana ⓘ
subjectMatter childhood imagination ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ
tone affectionate ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ
writtenInDialect Hoosier dialect ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Whitcomb Riley → notableWork → The Raggedy Man ⓘ
Hoosier Poet → hasNotableWork → The Raggedy Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Raggedy Man”
Children’s Poet → relatedWorkOfPerson → The Raggedy Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Raggedy Man”
The Raggedy Man → featuresCharacter → The Raggedy Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Raggedy Man