Emily Dickinson's Diction

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a case of one of Dickinson's all the more interesting sonnets, yet the comic drama is not just for delight. Or maybe, it contains a gnawing parody of people in general circle, both of the general population figures who have the advantage of it, and of the masses who license them to. Dickinson's light tone, silly voice, and welcome to the peruser to be on her side, nonetheless, keep the sharp edge of the parody from cutting too stingingly.

This sonnet derides the claims of people in general world, as it envisions open figures - or maybe, distributed essayists—as uproarious bullfrogs. These frogs have nothing momentous to say; rather, they promote their own particular names, again and again, offering themselves