I'm Nobody! Who are you?

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!

By Emily Dickinson

            I really enjoy this poem because it made me smile, which is something that I can’t say about every poem I read, especially since most of them just make me want to bang my head on a table. Anyway, one of the reasons that I enjoyed this poem was because of its voice. I really enjoyed the way it felt like the speaker was having a conversation with me, it definitely caught my interest. Another reason why I chose this poem for my blog was because I found it interesting that the poem was about being a Nobody. When I read the poem the first time, I found it interesting that the speaker called herself a Nobody. At first I thought that she meant being 'a nobody' is actually just being an individual. The line ‘How dreary to be a somebody’ gave me the vibe that she felt it must have been boring to fit in and actually be a ‘somebody’.

After I read it a second time, I realized that it also could mean that she just wanted privacy. Being 'a nobody' meant not advertising yourself, and just keeping to yourself. When you’re 'a somebody', you tell your name, and then you’re obligated to the people that you call friends and family. And the thing about being a recluse is that there’s always someone who will want to draw you out of your shell, even if you really don’t want to come out.