I'm Nobody

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!

About Emily Dickinson

American poet known for her unconventional use of form and syntax. Most of her work was published posthumously.

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