Im Nobody Who Are You Figurative Language

The use of imagery and figurative language also support the theme of individuality, as we begin to understand the characters. Imagery is the main focus in Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody, Who Are You?”. The use of imagery makes the reader feel more connected, as if the reader were right there. The speaker feels connected to the other “Nobody” because it says, “ Don’t tell…” She doesn’t care what others think, and she has a friend to reinforce this fact. She is content to be a “Nobody”, and she doesn’t want to be noticed. The scene changes with comfort and ease in the next stanza, reinforcing the level of comfort she has. The speaker does not want to be bored, because she speaks of “How dreary---to be--- ‘Somebody’ ” in the second stanza. The paradox has more meaning

The next setting takes place in the natural habitat of the frog; it lives in the bog, which is composed of mostly peat, dead plant material, and often moss. The rhyme, “frog in a bog” sounds childlike and playful because children have no worries or cares. This makes me think the speaker is content with who she is. The imagery one conjures in one’s mind is a green bullfrog, puffed up, sitting on a log in a bog. He is all this while he repeats his name for the whole month of June. The text says, “How public------like a Frog---------to tell one’s name--------the livelong June-----to an admiring bog.” He repeats his name because he wants attention. A frog’s croak becomes monotonous and boring, the speaker is annoyed by this. He says his own name to attract attention to himself. So, all eyes are on the “Somebody” who is croaking his name for his admirers. Maybe he is just repeating his name to feel known even if the bog isn’t paying attention to him. A “Somebody” might be a celebrity, or maybe a politician. The speaker would probably not like this job because she doesn’t consider herself a