An Old Sweetheart of Mine

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literary work poem

An Old Sweetheart of Mine is a nostalgic poem by American writer James Whitcomb Riley that fondly recalls a youthful romance and the passage of time.

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An Old Sweetheart of Mine canonical 1
“An Old Sweetheart of Mine” 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
depicts idealized memories of youth ⓘ
recollection of past love ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
nostalgic poetry ⓘ
hasForm rhymed verse ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first-person narrator ⓘ
hasSetting American Midwestern past ⓘ
hasSubject aging ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
time and change ⓘ
hasTone melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
sentimental ⓘ
intendedEffect evoke sentimental remembrance in readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Hoosier poetry ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ
partOfAuthorReputation James Whitcomb Riley as a poet of nostalgia ⓘ
periodOfOrigin late 19th century ⓘ
portrays idealized rural or small-town youth ⓘ
theme memory ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
youthful romance ⓘ
writtenBy James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ

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James Whitcomb Riley → notableWork → An Old Sweetheart of Mine ⓘ
Hoosier Poet → hasNotableWork → An Old Sweetheart of Mine ⓘ
this entity surface form: “An Old Sweetheart of Mine”