I'm Nobody by Emily Dickinson

In “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” what does the speaker compare to a frog?

• someone who enjoys being noticed

• someone who is hiding from the world

• someone who feels inferior to other people

• someone who disturbs the speaker’s solitude

Considered altogether, what do the details in these examples of the poetry of Emily Dickinson suggest most clearly about her attitude toward society?

• She enjoys breaking the rules of the society of her day.

• She prefers being a private person, not a public one.

• She yearns to be a successful, world-famous poet.

• She is very sad to be alone but too shy to change.

Which line from the selections is the best example of Dickinson’s use of paradox?

• Fame is a fickle food / Upon a shifting plate (from “Fame is a fickle food”)

• They put me in the Closet – / Because they liked me “still” – (from “They shut me up in Prose –”)

• A soul admitted to itself – / Finite Infinity (from “There is a solitude of space”)

• How dreary – to be – Somebody! / How public – like a Frog – (from “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”)

This question has 2 parts, answer this one and then the following one.

Part A: Considered altogether, what do the details in these examples of the poetry of Emily Dickinson suggest most clearly about her attitude toward society?

• She enjoys breaking the rules of the society of her day.

• She prefers being a private person, not a public one.

• She yearns to be a successful, world-famous poet.

• She is very sad to be alone but too shy to change.

This is the second part to the previous question.

Part B: Which quotation from the poems best supports the answer to Part A?

• Whose table once a / Guest but not / The second time is set (from “Fame is a fickle food”)

• Still! Could themself have peeped – / And seen my Brain – go round – (from “They shut me up in Prose –”)

• The Eyes around – had wrung them dry – (from “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died”)

• Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! (from “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”)

In “They shut me up in Prose –,” what does the speaker compare to being shut up “in Prose”?

• being put into a closet as a little girl

• being a stray dog sent to the pound

• telling a young girl to wish on a star

• teaching a little bird to recite poetry

What is the main theme of Emily Dickinson's poem 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?'

• The desire for fame

• The value of anonymity

• The inevitability of death

• The beauty of nature

In 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?', what does the speaker imply about being 'Somebody'?

• It is desirable and fulfilling

• It is lonely and isolating

• It is public and intrusive

• It is mysterious and exciting

Which literary device is predominantly used in the poem 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?' by Emily Dickinson?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is the tone of the poem 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?' by Emily Dickinson?

• Joyful

• Sarcastic

• Melancholic

• Nostalgic