Emily Dickinson's I M Nobody?

As you grow up everybody wants to be a somebody, but! does there come a time where becoming a somebody can make you lose yourself? As a child your ultimate goal is to grow up, maybe be a famous lawyer, or a famous boxer or even just famous for doing nothing like Paris Hilton or the kardashian.To be "somebody" can be defined as is to have status in society. In " I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Emily Dickinson uses imagery and capitalization to show her passion of how being considered a "nobody." can actually be considered a positive thing.
Dickson opens the poem with the capitalization of Nobody which shows that Dickson is not generalizing the status of herself, but is using the word as a title. The first stanzas, as well as the first line is as
who has seen more of how society works. Dickson uses the word "dreary" which literally means dull, lifeless or depressing. which puts into perceptive on how the speaker feels about being a somebody. Dickson then uses the simile " like a frog." to compare being a somebody to being a frog. Frogs can often be loud creatures and croak all through the night when no one is listening to them, the same can be said about these " somebodies" they are speaking publicly about themselves because they as self-important and constantly self-promoting. The metaphor "--the livelong June--" is another comparison to how they "somebodies." are self-important. The summer nights are the longest days of the year so this is an example of the somebodies constantly boosting about themselves all day long. In the last line Dickson uses the pun "admiring bog" which could have many different meaning to it depending on your view of the poem in its entirety. There are two different definitions that could be used the first definition of a bog is where frogs live In the line before this, Dickson uses the a simile to compare frogs to somebodies in which would also mean these somebodies live in bogs. A bog can also mean "something that slows you down" and sometimes when you are self-absorb like these " somebodies" are it can hold you back from being the person you wanted to be and blind you of the