Living

I'm nobody! Who are you

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

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!

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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