Theme

Chicago Poet

I saluted a nobody.

I saw him in a looking glass.

He smiled - so did I.

He crumpled the skin on his forehead,

Frowning - so did I.

Everything I did he did.

I said "Hello, I know you."

And I was a liar to say so.

Ah, this looking glass man!

Liar, fool, dreamer, play actor,

Soldier, dusty drinker of dust -

Ah! he will go with me

Down the dark stairway

When nobody else is looking

When everybody else is gone.

He locks his elbow in mine,

I lose all - but not him.

The subject of Chicago Poet is...

• rejection

• identity

• aging

I'm Nobody! Who are You?

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Are you - Nobody - Too?

Then there's a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!

How public - like a Frog -

To tell one's name - the livelong June -

To an admiring Bog!

The subject of I'm Nobody! Who are You? is...

• being anonymous vs. famous

• frogs

• seasons

I'm Nobody! Who are You?

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Are you - Nobody - Too?

Then there's a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!

How public - like a Frog -

To tell one's name - the livelong June -

To an admiring Bog!

In I'm Nobody! Who are You? what word best describes the speaker's feelings about being important?

• June

• advertise

• dreary

I'm Nobody! Who are You?

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Are you - Nobody - Too?

Then there's a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!

How public - like a Frog -

To tell one's name - the livelong June -

To an admiring Bog!

The stated theme of I'm Nobody! Who are You? is...

• "How dreary - to be - Somebody!"

• "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

• "Don't tell they'd advertise - you know!"

Chicago Poet

I saluted a nobody.

I saw him in a looking glass.

He smiled - so did I.

He crumpled the skin on his forehead,

Frowning - so did I.

Everything I did he did.

I said "Hello, I know you."

And I was a liar to say so.

Ah, this looking glass man!

Liar, fool, dreamer, play actor,

Soldier, dusty drinker of dust -

Ah! he will go with me

Down the dark stairway

When nobody else is looking

When everybody else is gone.

He locks his elbow in mine,

I lose all - but not him.

In Chicago Poet what is the central image?

• skin

• dust

• a reflection in a mirror

Chicago Poet

I saluted a nobody.

I saw him in a looking glass.

He smiled - so did I.

He crumpled the skin on his forehead,

Frowning - so did I.

Everything I did he did.

I said "Hello, I know you."

And I was a liar to say so.

Ah, this looking glass man!

Liar, fool, dreamer, play actor,

Soldier, dusty drinker of dust -

Ah! he will go with me

Down the dark stairway

When nobody else is looking

When everybody else is gone.

He locks his elbow in mine,

I lose all - but not him.

In the last line of Chicago Poet what does the speaker mean?

• People need friends.

• Cling to your real self.

• Debt swallows people.

Chicago Poet and I'm Nobody! Who are You?...

• share a universal theme about fame, identity, and the importance of being yourself.

• share a universal theme about speaking and being silent.

• are thematically unrelated.