I'm nobody! who are you? " by emily dickinson 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 use of the phrase admiring bog reveals the poet thinks that being well known is a) unpleasant because everyone pays attention to what you do b) challenging because it can be hard to know everyone well c) nice because people want to be with you and you d) rewarding because others look up to you as an example