Poems are not always about the general topic they are written about. Some poems may mean something more in depth than what the title states. It generally isn’t until you analyze or break down the poem you can get a better sense of what the either was trying two say. Two examples of these types of poems would be “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson and “Her kind” by Anne Sexton. These two poets show a common theme individual versus society in their poems by using symbols, diction, and tone.
Symbols are defines as “something used for or regarded as representing something else…” and each poem have symbols in them. In “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” an example of a symbol would be when she