I'm Nobody Who Are You

Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best supported by the poem’s first stanza (lines 1-4)?

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!

• The Speaker assumes the listener is on their side

• The speaker wants to changer her name to something unfamiliar

• The speaker fears the judgment of others

• The speaker is tired of being famous

The second stanza (lines 5-8) adds to the development of the poem mainly by

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog

– To tell one’s name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

• Sharing personal details from the speaker's own life

• Suggesting that the poem takes place in June

• Making it clear that the speaker of the poem is a frog

• Further explaining why the speaker wouldn't want to be "somebody"

Which of the following selections most closely describes the speaker's opinion of audiences?

• She believes that it is necessary for a poet to have a wide audience

• She thinks that audiences aren't very intelligent

• She only wants an audiences that is respectful and kind

• She believes that having a wide audience is a sign of importance

Which line from the poem best supports the correct answer Question 3?

• I'm nobody! Who are you?

• Are you - Nobody - too?

• How dreary - to be - somebody!

• To an admiring bog!

Match the following

• Public

• Muddy or Swampy ground

• Livelong

• To do something to get other's attention

• Advertise

• Entire or whole

• Bog

• Exposed to open view

• Dreary

• Dark or Gloomy