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Poem paraphrase:

Emily Dickinson composed Shall I say it again?

her poem, which is called “I’m

nobody! Who are you?” Emily There are no unwinnable wars

Dickinson talks about how There are no unlockable doors

fame is most undesirable. Pri- There are no unrightable wrongs

vacy is a human right, and There are no unbeatable odds
fame robs you of it. Even in There are no impossible dreams

I’m Nobody! modern times, with all social There are no invisible seams

media programs and platforms
Who are you? that lure you into sharing all There are no uncriminal crimes

Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 your private information with There are no unrhymable rhymes
the whole wide world, leaving

no privacy at all. Celebrities There are no identical twins
I’m Nobody! Who are you? are sick of it, especially sick of There are no incurable ills

Are you – Nobody – too? the paparazzi. Emily Dickin- Shall I say it again?
son claims that she’s a nobody
Then there’s a pair of us! Revised by Mr.
(or wants to be a nobody) and

Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you claims that being famous per- Khaled Abdelaziz
know! son is dreary. Everyone wants

to be somebody although it is
better to be nobody.

How dreary – to be – Somebody!
Commentary:

How public – like a Frog – The poetess first claims that

To tell one’s name – the livelong she is nobody and she later she
June – asks “are you too?” in clear

simple language to sound like
To an admiring Bog!
an innocent child speaking.

She does this to connect with
By: the speaker, make the speaker
Dhari Al Asfour - 11A sympathize even more. This is

very intentional. This poem

gives you the impression

that a