Read "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson. It is a great comfort to find someone who shares similar
feelings. This is a theme found in the poem.
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How does repetition help strengthen this theme?
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 one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
O The repeated words make the reader feel alone and
unaccepted.
The repeated words are full of serious language.
O The repeated words talk about animals and nature.
O The repeated words emphasize that the two friends
are alike and together.