In Emily Dickinson’s “I’m nobody who are you”, she boldly suggests that it is surprisingly better to be herself, a humble nobody, and not be noticed so much by others (proud somebodies). She dreads the public knowing who she is and having them all being admirers of hers.
This theme in particular is carried very heavily throughout the poem. To begin with, Dickinson opens her poem with a demanding declaration that the speaker is a “nobody” (line 1). That word in its entirety ironically sets the demeanor for the rest of the poem. It gives an obstruct tone of being proud to be a nobody, yet humiliating to be a somebody. Dickinson does not forcefully give off any interpretation of her being bitter or envious of these somebodies. Instead, she sort of mocks them and makes a joke asking “are you a nobody too”? (line 2) Going along with the assumption that this other person in the poem is a nobody as well, she unites with them stating “then there’s a pair of us!” (line 3). By the usage in her punctuation, it’s apparent that she is very happy to …show more content…
As it is preferable to be a nobody, she states that it is “dreary to be somebody” (line 5). These somebodies are people whom which she is not familiar with. They are unlike herself, which is kind of ironic considering the type of world that we live in today. The world if full of celebrities, politicians and public figures who are all fed into the notion that it is more acceptable to be somebodies rather than nobodies of importance. The word nobody has the connotation of being invisible. It’s sort of like you exist to everyone who is not obsessed with themselves, which in the world today is not a lot of people. These somebodies spend their having to maintain their status in life by constantly telling the world how great they are. They’re referred to frogs because many seek and gain recognition for small pursuits in life by croaking their names often, like a
This theme in particular is carried very heavily throughout the poem. To begin with, Dickinson opens her poem with a demanding declaration that the speaker is a “nobody” (line 1). That word in its entirety ironically sets the demeanor for the rest of the poem. It gives an obstruct tone of being proud to be a nobody, yet humiliating to be a somebody. Dickinson does not forcefully give off any interpretation of her being bitter or envious of these somebodies. Instead, she sort of mocks them and makes a joke asking “are you a nobody too”? (line 2) Going along with the assumption that this other person in the poem is a nobody as well, she unites with them stating “then there’s a pair of us!” (line 3). By the usage in her punctuation, it’s apparent that she is very happy to …show more content…
As it is preferable to be a nobody, she states that it is “dreary to be somebody” (line 5). These somebodies are people whom which she is not familiar with. They are unlike herself, which is kind of ironic considering the type of world that we live in today. The world if full of celebrities, politicians and public figures who are all fed into the notion that it is more acceptable to be somebodies rather than nobodies of importance. The word nobody has the connotation of being invisible. It’s sort of like you exist to everyone who is not obsessed with themselves, which in the world today is not a lot of people. These somebodies spend their having to maintain their status in life by constantly telling the world how great they are. They’re referred to frogs because many seek and gain recognition for small pursuits in life by croaking their names often, like a