Observation In Emily Dickinson’s short lyric poem entitled “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” the narrator happily discovers another “nobody” whom she can she identify with. However, she warns the other nobody to not share their discovery with anyone or else the public will “advertise” them and turn them into “dreary…Somebody[s]” (Dickinson 847). Dickinson communicates why she dislikes being a “somebody” by using a simile. She writes that a “somebody…like a Frog” will feel pressured “to tell one’s name - the livelong June - to an admiring Bog” to maintain their status (Dickinson 847). This simile shows that the narrator dislikes the idea of having to retain public attention through their actions. Interpretation Throughout her poem, Dickinson tries