Living
I'm nobody! Who are you
Living
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there 's a pair of us -- don't tell!
They 'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “I'm nobody! Who are you.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/115/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “I'm nobody! Who are you.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/115/.
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