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Title: 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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?
  • III. Imagery (language that appeals to the five
    senses)
  • Words What sense appealed to

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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • IV. Figurative Language (metaphor, simile,
    personification)
  • Word/Phrase Type What is being compared

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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • 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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Im Nobody! Who Are You?
  • Lets watch a short film in
  • which a few girls act out this poem.
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vMdFH6_JjAH4
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