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I'mNobody!byEmilyDickinson(1830-1886)I'mnobody!whoareyou?Areyounobodytoo?Thenthereisapairofus.They'dbanishus,youknow!我是无名之辈！你是谁？你也是无名之辈？那咱俩就成了一对－别出声！他们会把咱们排挤－要小心！Howdrearytobesomebody!Howpublic,likeafrogTotellyournamethelivelongdayToanadmiringbog!多无聊－身为赫赫显要！多招摇－不过像只青蛙向一片仰慕的泥沼整日里炫耀自己的名号！Contentwhatdoesitmean?Tomyunderstanding,thespeakermeetsherfellowfriend,thatisanother“nobody”,whentwo“nobodies”meet,theycansharealltheirsimilarities.Buttheauthorknowsthatifthereisanother“nobody”,sheisn‘tanobodyanymore.That’swhyshewroteDon‘ttell!they’dadvertise—youknow!Thetoneoftheauthorischangedinthesecondstanza,shefeelsconfidentofbeinganobody,shedescribessomebodyasafrog,It'sbecausefrogsmakealotofnoise.Thepoemsaysthatfrogs,thoughtheycancroakandmakethemselvesheardandbenoticed,arenoticedonlybyanadmiringbog.Thebogisthefrog'senvironment,notthefrog'sfriend.Sowhocareswhatthebogthinks?That'swhatthepoemsaysaboutbeingasomebodywhogetsnoticedbyanadmiringpublic.Frequently,therelationshipisimpersonalanddistanced,notlikearealfriendship.Somebodymayhavemanyadmirers,buttheymightnotbeabletomakethosepersonalconnectionsthatrealfriendshipoffers.Comments:1.ItisacommonmistakeofpeopletosayEmilyDickinsonwassecludedfromtheworldandreflectedthisthroughherpoetry.Onthecontrary,Dickinsontriedveryhardtopublishherworkbutneversucceeded.Nottosayshewasasocialperson,orsomebody,asshereferredtopeople’sthoughttobeimportantinthispoem,butshedidaskmanynewspaperpeopleandothercompaniestoinformtheworldofhermagnificentanddeeppoetry,butneverhadherpoetrypublished.Herpoetryisverymisleadinginthisarea.Emilywrotepoemsthatexpressedfeelingsoflonelinessorseclusion.So,manyconcludedthatbecauseherworkwasneverpublished,andbecausemostofherpoemsareofsadness,shemustbelonelyandnevertriedtodoanythingtoenlightentheworldofherpoetry.Thiscommonmisconceptionhadledmanytobelievefactsindocumentariesonherwhich,infact,arejustinferences.2.Inthispoem,thespeakerintroduceherselfasunimportant.Hereshemocksthepretensionofthepublicworldbyimagingpublicfigureasbullfrogs.Thespeakeralsodescribespublicopinionasaswamp,somethingonesinksinto,notsomethingyouwouldrespect.Shealsoimpliesthatanyotherpersonofmodestywouldbehidingoutwithherfreefromthebog.SherhymesFrogandBogtodescribethesomebodywhichsheismakingfunof.在这首诗里，作者把自己说成是一个不重要的人,实际上是通过对牛蛙的意象化，进而对现实社会中的所谓公众人物进行嘲弄。作者还把公众舆论比喻成人们深陷其中的沼泽地，而不是什么值得你敬重的东西。她也暗示了任何谦逊的人都能把自己从沼泽地里解脱出来。“frog”bog是押韵的，这样描述出了名的人，实际上是一种捉弄。3.Inthepoem,I'mnobody!Whoareyou?,thedirectmeaningwillalwaysbe'beyourself'and'don'tletanyonetryandchangeyoubecausebeingyouisunique.'Butsheisalreadymakingitseemthatpeoplewhodon'tfitinwithonegroup,canfitinanother.Dickinsonhadwantedtobecutofffromtheworld,forreasonsunknown.Shealwaysdidhaveabadtasteinmen.(allthemenshelikedweremarried,andnoneofthemwantedtoleavetheirwivesforher.）在这首“I'mnobody!Whoareyou?”里，作者想直接表达的就是“让你成为你自己”“不要让任何人改变你，因为你是独特的”。作者让人们感觉到如果你不适合这样一个群体，就会适合另外一个。但是，狄金森把自己与世隔绝，却是何原因？的确，她对男人的感觉总是不爽（所有她愿意下嫁的男人却没有一个为了她离开他们的妻子。）《我是无名之辈！你是谁？》采用了戏剧性独白的形式，用自嘲和讥刺的语调，对夸夸其谈而不惜身陷泥沼的庸俗之徒进行了辛辣的讽刺，表明了诗人甘于平凡的超越心理与不随波逐流的高尚人格。Meaning：