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eyes rolled up. I froze in my
Poem paraphrase:

Emily Dickinson composed place. I was so terrified that I Shall I say it again?

her poem, which is called “I’m

nobody! Who are you?” Emily couldn’t do anything at the mo- There are no unwinnable wars
Dickinson talks about how ment. She took a knife and There are no unlockable doors

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

vacy is a human right, and stabbed Taylor in his heart re- 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 peatedly. She took Taylor and There are no invisible seams
media programs and platforms
Who are you? that lure you into sharing all went back in; and I ran as fast as There are no uncriminal crimes

Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 your private information with a cheetah to my house. That There are no unrhymable rhymes
the whole wide world, leaving
no privacy at all. Celebrities night I couldn’t sleep, I have 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- been quiet for my entire life. I Shall I say it again?
son claims that she’s a nobody didn’t go out of my room, I was
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- terrified, scared, worried, sad, Khaled Abdelaziz

know! son is dreary. Everyone wants and I had mental issues.

to be somebody although it is
better to be nobody.

How dreary – to be – Somebody! At the end, the moral of the sto-
Commentary:

How public – like a Frog – The poetess first claims that ry is that never go to a haunted

To tell one’s name – the livelong she is nobody and she later she house, and never risk others and

June – asks “are you too?” in clear
simple language to sound like your life for something useless.
To an admiring Bog!
an innocent child speaking.

She does this to connect with Moreover we should know our
By: the speaker, make the speaker

Dhari Al Asfour - 11A sympathize even more. This is priorities and never put our-

very intentional. This poem selves in danger.

gives you the impression

that a