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 I’M ________,
PICTUREWHO
POEM
ARE YOU?

I’m Nobody, Who are you?

By Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!

After reading Dickinson’s poem, respond to the following questions:

1. Examine Dickinson’s use of capitalization. What do you notice? Why do you think she
chose to capitalize “Nobody”?

2. Look at Dickinson’s use of punctuation. What type of punctuation does she use? How
many periods are in the poem?

3. Which two things is Dickinson contrasting? Do you agree with her? What are the
implications of what she has to say considering the oversharing that happens with social
media today?

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 I’M ________,
PICTUREWHO
POEM
ARE YOU?

I’m _____________, Who are you? Assignment

Write your own poem in response to Dickinson’s Poem, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”

Your poem should do the following:

• First Line: “I’m __________, Who are you?” Fill in the blank with a subject you’d like to
explore (A Queen, Invisible, An Explorer, Darkness, the Sky, etc).
• Two Subjects: Dickinson contrasts two subjects: Nobody and Somebody. Choose two
subjects to contrast.
• Title: Like Dickinson’s poem, your title should be the first line of your poem.
• Stanza: Each stanza should address one of your subjects. Stanza 1 should address
subject 1 and stanza 2 should address the contrasting subject.
• Punctuation: Try to avoid periods. Use dashes, question marks and exclamation points
instead.
• Capitalization: Like Dickinson, use capitalization as a tool to emphasize and deemphasize
words.

Use the space below to draft your poem:

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