Read this excerpt from an emily dickinson poem. how dreary to be somebody! how public, like a frog to tell your name the livelong day to an admiring bog! what do these lines indicate about dickinson’s view of pride? they suggest that pride doesn’t require self-praise. they indicate that she had little pride in herself. they are meant to show that pride can cause a downfall. they portray pride and self-worth as unimportant.

The answer is: They portray pride and self-worth as unimportant.

In the excerpt from the poem “I’m Nobody! Who are you?,” the author Emily Dickinson  makes reference to the Somebodies: people who show a high opinion of themselves. She claims they keep talking about who they are and saying the same things to people who also keep saying the same things to everybody. Thus, she compares them to frogs that only croak and croak in the swamp.

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