One of the great American poets of the 19th century was not well known at all until after she died. Emily Dickinson(1830-1886) was just too shy. Her secret poems are still carefully studied and admired.
I'm a nobody. Who are you? Are you a nobody too? How dreary to be somebody. How public like a frog To tell your name The live long day To an adiring bog.
That is one of Emily D.'s poems. I had to memorize it in 3rd grade. I never forgot it. She wrote many more and some are very touching and beautiful. for someone that they say was a recluse, she certainly had an eye for the way the world worked.
I'm a nobody.
ReplyDeleteWho are you?
Are you a nobody too?
How dreary to be somebody.
How public like a frog
To tell your name
The live long day
To an adiring bog.
That is one of Emily D.'s poems. I had to memorize it in 3rd grade. I never forgot it.
She wrote many more and some are very touching and beautiful. for someone that they say was a recluse, she certainly had an eye for the way the world worked.