Im-Nobody赏析

I'mNobody!Whoareyou?(260)赏析byEmilyDickinsonI'mNobody!Whoareyou?Areyou–Nobody–too?Thenthere'sapairofus!Don'ttell!they'dadvertise–youknow!Howdreary–tobe–Somebody!Howpublic–likeaFrog–Totellone'sname–thelivelongJune–ToanadmiringBog!每节分析：Thepoem'sfirststanzatellshowthespeakermeetsafellownobody—afriend.Together,thetwonobodiescanenjoyeachother'scompanyandtheirsharedanonymity.Inthesecondstanza,thetoneofthepoemchanges.Thespeakersoundsconfident.Perhapsitisherdiscoverythatthereareotherpeoplelikeher—othernobodies--thatmakesherfeelsstronglythatbeingasomebodyisn'tsuchagreatidea.Sherealizesthathavingafriendwhounderstandsyouandacceptsyouasyouareismoreimportantthanbeingadmiredbyalotofpeopleorbeingintheincrowd.Inthepoem'ssecondstanza,thespeakeralsomakesastrangecomparison.Shesaysthatbeingasomebodyislikebeingafrog.Whatdoesthissimilemean?AsidefromKermit,therearen'tmanycelebrityfrogsaround.SummaryThespeakerexclaimsthatsheis“Nobody,”andasks,“Whoareyou?/Areyou—Nobody—too?”Ifso,shesays,thentheyareapairofnobodies,andsheadmonishesheraddresseenottotell,for“they’dbanishus—youknow!”Shesaysthatitwouldbe“dreary”tobe“Somebody”—itwouldbe“public”andrequirethat,“likeaFrog,”onetellone’sname“thelivelongJune—/ToanadmiringBog!”FormThetwostanzasof“I’mNobody!”arehighlytypicalforDickinson,constitutedoflooseiambictrimeteroccasionallyincludingafourthstress(“Totellyourname—thelivelongJune—”).TheyfollowanABCBrhymescheme(thoughinthefirststanza,“you”and“too”rhyme,and“know”isonlyahalf-rhyme,sotheschemecouldappeartobeAABC),andshefrequentlyusesrhythmicdashestointerrupttheflow.CommentaryIronically,oneofthemostfamousdetailsofDickinsonloretodayisthatshewasutterlyun-famousduringherlifetime—shelivedarelativelyreclusivelifeinAmherst,Massachusetts,andthoughshewrotenearly1,800poems,shepublishedfewerthantenofthem.Thispoemishermostfamousandmostplayfuldefenseofthekindofspiritualprivacyshefavored,implyingthattobeaNobodyisaluxuryincomprehensibletothedrearySomebodies—fortheyaretoobusykeepingtheirnamesincirculation,croakinglikefrogsinaswampinthesummertime.ThispoemisanoutstandingearlyexampleofDickinson’softenjauntyapproachtometer(sheuseshertrademarkdashesquiteforcefullytointerruptlinesandinterferewiththeflowofherpoem,asin“Howdreary—tobe—Somebody!”).Further,thepoemvividlyillustrateshersurprisingwaywithlanguage.Thejuxtapositionintheline“Howpublic—likeaFrog—”shocksthefirst-timereader,combiningelementsnottypicallyconsideredtogether,and,thus,morepowerfullyconveyingitsmeaning(frogsare“public”likepublicfigures—orSomebodies—becausetheyareconstantly“tellingtheirname”—croaking—totheswamp,remindingalltheotherfrogsoftheiridentities).Question：Whydoesthespeakerchoosethatamphibianasherrepresentativeofapubliccreature?It'sbecausefrogsmakealotofnoise.Thepoemsaysthatfrogs,thoughtheycancroakandmakethemselvesheardandbenoticed,arenoticedonlybyanadmiringbog.Thebogisthefrog'senvironment,notthefrog'sfriend.Sowhocareswhatthebogthinks?That'swhatthepoemsaysaboutbeingasomebodywhogetsnoticedbyanadmiringpublic.Frequently,therelationshipisimpersonalanddistanced,notlikearealfriendship.Somebodiesmayhavemanyadmirers,buttheymightnotbeabletomakethosepersonalconnectionsthatrealfriendshipoffers.ThisspecialconnectionbetweentwopeoplewhoconsiderthemselvesoutsidersismirroredinJesseandLeslie'sfriendshipinBridgetoTerebithia.JessandLesliearenobodieswhorealizethatbeingjustlikeeveryoneelsewouldbeboringandwoulddiminishtheirindividuality.InthewordsofDickinson'spoem,itmightbesaidthatJessandLeslielearnthatitwouldactuallybequitedrearytobeasomebody!Beingnobodieshelpsthemfindeachother.