I--am-Nobody--!

IamNobody!EmilyDickinsonI'mnobody!Whoareyou?Areyounobody,too?Thenthere'sapairofus--don'ttell!They'dbanishus,youknow.Howdrearytobesomebody!Howpublic,likeafrogTotellyournamethelivelongdayToanadmiringbog!Background:Thispoemisthe27thoneofEmilyDickinson’spoemrelatedtothethemeLife.Itwaswrittenattheyearabout1861,shebagantoliveinseclusion.WhencomposingI'mnobody!Whoareyou?itislikelythatEmilyDickinsonwaswritingfromtheheart.ShewasoneofAmericanliterature'smostreclusivefigures.Apartfromseveraltripsinherearlyage,Dickinsonspentalmostherentire56yearsinherhometownofAmherst,Massachusetts.Aftersheturned40,sheneverlefttheboundariesofherfamily'spropertyinAmherst.Thispoemisthemostplayfuldefenseofthekindofspiritualprivacyshefavored.TheanalysiseofthepoemSoliloquyformStanza1：Line1:afixedpositioninthesocietyLine2:supposethereaderisalsoanobodyLine3:findacompanionLine4:thereasonnottotellStanza2Line5:satiretoneLine6:similesomebody---frogLasttwolines:croaking—totheswamptotellnamealldaylongDeepmeaning1.thethemeTheburdenofbeingfamous,theburdensomeafterbeingfamous2.Doesthespeakerreallyfeelhappytobenobody?a.Meetafellow“nobody”-afriend,acompanionb.Donnottell!c.Instanza2,satiretone–strongcontempt3.Whydoesthespeakerchoosethefrogastherepresentativeof“somebody”?Frogs---noiseNoticedonlyby“anadmiringbog”Bog–admirerswhoworshipsomebodyblindlyTherelationshipbetweenthefrogandthebogisimpersonalanddistanced,notrealfriendship.WritingdevicesRhyme:aabcdedeComparison:nobodyandsomebodySimile:somebody—frogthepeoplewhoadmiresomebody—thebogSatire/ironic—howdrearytobesomebody!译文我是个小人物艾米丽迪金森我是个小人物，你是谁？你也是个小人物吗？那我们就是一对了，嘘—不要告诉别人！你要知道，他们会排挤我们的。成为大人物是多么沉闷啊！就像是一只青蛙，向一个仰慕他的沼泽整日地吹捧炫耀自己MyfeelingFirstreadthispoem,IthougtIwasanobodyasthespeaker.Ihadthesamefeeling,Ithougtthespeakerwanttobesomebody.Thenreadagain,Ichangedmythought.Iwannatobenobody,Idonnotwanttochange.Justkeepingunknowntothepublicisagoodway.