# Daddy — Poetry character guide

> Daddy in Poetry by James Weldon Johnson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0052-you-s-sweet-to-yo-mammy-jes-de-same

## Who they are

Father figure in a dialect poem.

## In the story

### [You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/chapters/you-s-sweet-to-yo-mammy-jes-de-same)

The father working in the cotton field to provide for the child.

### [De Little Pickaninny’s Gone to Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/chapters/de-little-pickaninny-s-gone-to-sleep)

The father who promises to ride the child on his back when he wakes, but the child dies before that can happen.

## Links

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