Poetry · Character
De Little Pickaninny
A sleeping child in a dialect lullaby poem.
minor
Also known as De little pickaninny
First appearance: De Little Pickaninny’s Gone to Sleep
De Little Pickaninny shows up with force in You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The child being sung to, addressed as 'Honey' and reassured of the mother's love.
De Little Pickaninny first appears in 0062 de little pickaninny s gone to sleep.
In You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same: The child being sung to, addressed as 'Honey' and reassured of the mother's love.
Later, in A Banjo Song: The pickaninnies are mentioned patting along with the music, adding to the lively scene.
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- Other
Character groups
- Diverse allegorical and biblical figures
- Biblical patriarchs and rulers
- Plantation dialect characters
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- Closing
The emotional peak occurs when the speaker transforms passive despair into active defiance, declaring "glad de…
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See De Little Pickaninny in De Little Pickaninny’s Gone to Sleep