Which nobody are you

She enjoys being an outcast. In the Second Stanza, The speaker is confident. She states that being a somebody is dreary. She critisizes popularity and fame. She'd rather avoid the spotlight than follow the crowd. This Poem symbolizes that people should be themselves. I-Like-Rhymes - There are many so called celebrities who make a lot of noise but actually say little of any importance and their words only serve to announce their presence in the "world" they inhabit in the same way a frog croaking in a bog announces his.

Perhaps it was the same when Mz Dickinson wrote this and perhaps she prefers people to find their own way to her work rather than indulging in too much self-advertisement.

I think she's trying to say, what's so great in being well known? Von Powell - Read the comments below - there are other opinions written here and they may help you to understand the poem much better. From the line " how dreary to be somebody' is saying that you have nothing to yourself and it would be an obligation to 'tell your name.

I-Like-Rhymes - To Aurielle I believe that the bog is simply the wet squishy place that the frog lives in and where he spends all day croaking out his own "I am nobody" message. Or perhaps the frog is croaking "I am me and I am a prince! Queen Aurielle - I like her write. I found it very personal and understanding. SHe sounds like she at a long for love because of that she feels like a nobody. I wonder what bog means. People like her brings out the beauty of poetry.

Its rather simple in write rather complex in rhyme and very emotional because its personally sincere. It did touch me somewhere maybe because that is how I feel. Hoffman Jr. In the first stanza line one, if relating to a freshman in high school a youngster may experience these type feelings. In the teen years with all the hormones spiking and trying so diligently to fit in they often question their self worth. In line two, they have found a fellow class mate that is also going through the same identity crisis.

Going from junior high where they were somebody to a whole new place where teachers and peers do not know who they are.

In the last two lines of the first stanza, with holding this information from their peers would be a smart move. Youngsters of this age group are very opinionated and judge mental as if making fun of others less fortunate than themselves make them more superior.

The first line of the second stanza: being looked upon poorly by their upper classman and their upper classman in deed do often believe they are far more advanced. This makes the upper classman come across as snobby and rude no one the freshman would want to be like. The last three stanzas give us that since of immature jealousy together making fun of the seniors.

Everyone knows their name, they are so great, beta club, prom king and head line backer. The freshman will soon enough move on to be the senior class to be the great ones the peers to look up to. With a class of nobodies right behind them.

To me Emily is saying to be nobody it is like being a faceless person in the crowd. So to banish us wouldn't work because it would simply keep them a nobody. While They'd advertise-you know would be creating the complete opposite of what a nobody has attention. Emily Dickinson Follow [] American poet. In her lifetime, Emily Dickinson led a secluded and quiet life but her poetry reveals her great inner spontaneity and creativity. The poetry of Emily Dickinson is not easily categorized as she use forms such as rhyme and meter in unconventional ways; however, her poetry lucidly expresses thought provoking themes with a style that is a delight to read.

Today her poetry is rightly appreciated for its immense depth and unique style. Emily Dickinson is widely regarded as one of the greatest female poets. Share it with your friends:. Make comments, explore modern poetry. Join today for free!

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Who are you? Are you nobody too? How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring Bog! This poem was written over years ago, but it has a strong relevance today in the age of celebrity. This poem directly addresses someone, so it would be a really good one to speak to another person. Emily Dickinson had little success in her own lifetime, and lived a very solitary life, but she is a very well respected poet now.

If you became famous in the future, what would you like that to be for? Emily Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the Dickinsons were affluent and influential members of the local community.

She spent some time as a young girl at the Amherst Academy and then as an energetic and fully involved member of a female seminary. However, she became increasingly reclusive in her late twenties, and there is much speculation as to why she retreated into her family home. Whatever the reason for her seclusion, she continued to produce hundreds of poignant, acutely observed poems. Only a few were published in her lifetime, and it was not until that the complete works of 1, poems became available.