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Comment 69 of 269, added on January 10th, 2006 at 9:54 AM.
" I'm Nobody, Who Are You?" is a great poem. Emily Dickinson is trying to
say that she just wants to be herself instead of being watched through a
microscope as today's celebrities are.
CHRIS WEBB from United States
Comment 68 of 269, added on January 10th, 2006 at 9:51 AM.
I like this poem a lot. To me it means that Emily Dickinson was a nobody
and became a somebody.
Zach Nightenhelser from United States
Comment 67 of 269, added on December 29th, 2005 at 11:12 AM.
It is a common mistake of people to say Emily Dickinson was secluded from
the world and reflected this through her poetry. On the contrary, Dickinson
tried very hard to publish her work but never succeeded. Not to say she was
a social person, or "somebody," as she referred to people thought to be
important in this poem, but she did ask many newspaper people and other
companies to inform the world of her magnifacent and deep poetry, but never
had her poetry published. Her poetry is very misleading in this area. Emily
wrote poems that expressed feelings of loneliness or seclusion. So, many
concluded that because her work was never published, and because most of
her poems are of sadness, she must be lonely and never tried to do anything
to enlighten the world of her poetry. This common misconception had led
many to believe "facts" in documentaries on her which, in fact, are just
inferences.
I thought this poem was very good.
A Reader
Comment 66 of 269, added on December 20th, 2005 at 9:34 PM.
Min Yee--
There are various versions of Emily's poetry because she did not submit
them for publishing herself. Her brother and sister-in-law reworded some of
her poetry after her death to make it more understandable. I can only
imagine that the poem was reworded at this time.
Kristin from United States
Comment 65 of 269, added on December 18th, 2005 at 8:34 AM.
In this poem, the speaker introduce herself as unimportant. Here she mocks
the pretension of the public world by imaging public figure as bull frogs.
The speaker also describes public opinion as a swamp, something one sinks
into, not some thing you would respect. She also implies that any other
person of modesty would be hiding out with her free from the bog. She
rhymes "Frog" and "Bog" to describe the somebody which she is making fun
of.
Schneiderman from Germany
Comment 64 of 269, added on December 6th, 2005 at 4:39 PM.
That is one of my favorite poems;my favorite poem by Emilie!
Personal from United States
Comment 63 of 269, added on November 11th, 2005 at 9:29 PM.
I like this poem a lot. I think what she might've been trying to say is
that its better to be nobody-as long as you're happy-than to be a somebody
just to please others. Don't get me wrong-I don't think its all about
pleasing yourself, but if you're just putting on a show, that's not cool.
Emily
Comment 62 of 269, added on November 7th, 2005 at 3:09 PM.
hello i am the muffin man and i liked the poem im depressed so i can relate
to the poem and if u want some muffins call 1-800-muf-fins.
Muffin Man from United States
Comment 61 of 269, added on October 31st, 2005 at 4:49 PM.
I really liked it. she put her feeling into the poem you can really tell
were she is coming from. It is like she is asking sombody who do they
think they are or who there pretendind to be. She makes me want to be a
poem writer
Jazmin from United States
Comment 60 of 269, added on October 24th, 2005 at 12:04 PM.
Sorry about how the post looked. The coment post box did not implement my
"enter" key to show line endings. Webmaster, is there a key to hit for line
endings?
Min Yee from United States
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" I'm Nobody, Who Are You?" is a great poem. Emily Dickinson is trying to
say that she just wants to be herself instead of being watched through a
microscope as today's celebrities are.
CHRIS WEBB from United States