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Analysis Poetry

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Emily Dickinson
IMAGERY

I'm Nobody! Who are you? Visual: Frog, pair of us, you,
Are you – Nobody – too? they, I, bog, public,
Then there's a pair of us! Auditory: tell, advertise
Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know!
How dreary – to be – Somebody! Olfactory: -
How public – like a Frog –
Gustatory: -
To tell one's name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog! Tactile: -

Kinesthetic: tell (line 7)

Organic: dreary, admiring

Apostrophe: Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object; addressing that person or
thing by name.

 I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too?

Personification: Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.

 How public – like a Frog –To tell one's name – the livelong June

Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action
of the other.

 Frog is metaphor for public figure

 Bog is metaphor for public at large

Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

 "Somebody" to being like a "frog."

Symbol: An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning
and significance.

 Frog is symbolizes public figure

 Bog is symbolizes public at large

Theme

 Self-Identity

From the poem, the word “Nobody” refers to the people who do not like to be known in
public or outside of the public sphere, and the word "Somebodies," refers to someone who
crave attention and admiration. The poem talked about the identity, in the second and final
stanza of this short poem, Dickinson declares, "How dreary – to be – Somebody! / How
public – like a Frog – / to tell one's name – the livelong June – / To an admiring Bog!" She is
comparing popular people to frogs that always-making noise to grab the attention of other
people.

Tone and mood

 Ironic/Sarcastic

The speaker described somebody in different way. The speaker says that being somebody is like
a frog making his or her noises in a swamp, and it is better to being nobody.

Extrinsic Element

 About the poet

 Emily Dickinson is an American poet.
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson)
 Historical Condition
 The American civil war comes to an end with General Robert E. Lee surrendering at
the Appomattox Court House. President Abraham Lincoln assassinated in 1865.
(https://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/united_states_history_timeline.ph
p)
  Basketball was invented by James Naismith
(https://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/united_states_history_timeline.ph
p)
 Social Condition
 The poem makes a powerful point about social status and the reluctance to
actively seek admiration from others. Dickinson herself is one of many people
who have made key contributions to their cultures without feeling the need
and/or ability to "advertise" themselves. Others include Alan Turing, whose code
breaking helped the Allies win World War II; Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist;
and the author Primo Levi (among many more). French psychiatrist Ludovic
Dugas calls these high-achieving quiet people les grandes timides. Of course, this
poem isn't specifically about people who make significant contributions to their
worlds—but it does support the idea that you don't need to strive for admiration
from the "Bog" in order to make a difference. (https://poets.org/poem/im-
nobody-who-are-you-260)