Poem Analysis I

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Poem AnalysisIm Nobody! Who are You?
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Im Nobody! Who Are You?

• I. Form
• 1. Line 8 lines
• 2. Stanza 2 stanzas
• 3. Sentence 8 sentences
• 4. Rhyme scheme you-too, frog-bog

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• II. Point of View
• Who is the speaker in the poem?
• Who is he/she talking to?
• What is he/she trying to say?
• Qs Why didnt the speaker want you not to tell
  that theres a pair of nobodies? Would there be
  some consequences if other people knew?

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Im Nobody! Who Are You?

• Who is the speaker in the poem?
• It can be the poet herself. (So Dickinson
  considered herself nobody?)
• 2. Who is he/she talking to?
• You can be someone that she knew. It can
  also be an imagined person, who Dickinson wished
  to know. (but, was she sure that you were also
  a nobody?)
• What is he/she trying to say?
• Being an important person may not be as
  peaceful and interesting as being a nobody. A lot
  of people desire to become famous, yet such
  desire, to the speaker (poet), is nothing more
  than boredom.
• (cont.)

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• Why didnt the speaker want you not to tell
  that theres a pair of nobodies? Would there be
  some consequences if other people knew?

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• III. Imagery (language that appeals to the five
  senses)
• Words What sense appealed to

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• III. Imagery (language that appeals to the five
  senses)
• Words What sense appealed to
• tell/ advertise sound (speech)
• to tell ones name sound (speech)
• admiring sight

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• IV. Figurative Language (metaphor, simile,
  personification)
• Word/Phrase Type What is being compared

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• IV. Figurative Language (metaphor, simile,
  personification, symbolism)
• Word/Phrase Type What is being compared
• frog Simile Somebody/ important
  ppl
• to tell Person. Frog croak
• ones name
• an admiring Person. Ppl who have similar
  desire
• bog followers

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• V. Topic and theme
• What is the subject matter?
• What kind of tone does the speaker have? Does
  this tone change throughout the poem?
• Write a sentence or two on the truth about life
  that the poet is trying to communicate.

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• V. Topic and theme
• It deals with life, and peoples attitude toward
  fame and publicity. (What does this poem reveal
  about the poets life/personality?)
• In the first stanza, the speaker sounds excited
  and somehow worried. But then, the speaker shifts
  his/her focus on criticizing peoples love of
  fame, thereby making him/her sound cynical and
  sarcastic.

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• 3. Be content with being a nobody.
• Lay a low profile when you find someone who
  potentially can be your good friend. (?)

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• Lets watch a short film in
• which a few girls act out this poem.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vMdFH6_JjAH4