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Belonging In Emily Dickinson's 'I' M Nobody Who Are You

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“You must go on adventures to find where you truly belong”, these are the wise words of Sue Fitzmaurice. These words help to prove the point of belonging and having to make choices to find your place in the world. In Emily Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody Who Are You?”, Robert Frost’s “Road Not Taken”, and Yusef Komunyaka’s “Slam Dunk Hook'' the narrators and characters all belong to something big or small through different decisions. These three texts all use different types of language techniques to demonstrate belonging and the different choices in life one has to make.
In “I'm Nobody, Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson the author uses rhyming words in order to show how she feels about being popular and belonging in society. The author identifies …show more content…

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