Poem Analysis: Ragged Dick

I think that this poem has a negative statement. The reason is because the man do not get anywhere with his life. In this poem, the man seems to pursue his interest. However, how he pursue it is not the way is supposed to be. The person who approach him notice that there is something wrong. The person says that he was disturbed and he seems that he want to offer the man advice or help. But the man rejects it by saying “You lie” and ran away. This scenario reminds me of the Ragged Dick story, where Jimmy Nolan, Dick’s friend, did not want to live a better life. In the story, when Dick said that he was supposed to stay in the country with the man in a brown coat, he seemed careless about it. He better slept on a “bale of cotton” than out in the