tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post2364013576495803915..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59600474530180325422014-11-06T11:19:04.166-05:002014-11-06T11:19:04.166-05:00Sorry. I was unaware of the alteration. :(Sorry. I was unaware of the alteration. :(Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-79893470691550401042014-11-06T08:44:50.352-05:002014-11-06T08:44:50.352-05:00I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?...<b><i>I'm nobody! Who are you? <br />Are you nobody, too? <br />Then there ’s a pair of us — don’t tell! <br />They’d banish us, you know. <br /> <br />How dreary to be somebody! <br />How public, like a frog <br />To tell your name the livelong day <br />To an admiring bog!.</i></b><br /><br />E.D. (1830-'86)<br /><br />The above is the version I've known for over sixty, and seen in many textbooks and anthologies. "Banish" sounds more intimate and confiding than "advertise" which seems too far too modern a word for Miss Dickinson.<br /><br />I guess we always prefer what's dear and familiar, so I'll stick with "banish." <br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50299859009371572202014-11-05T12:00:00.470-05:002014-11-05T12:00:00.470-05:00I’m Nobody: Who are you?
Are you- Nobody- too?
The...<i>I’m Nobody: Who are you?<br />Are you- Nobody- too?<br />Then there’s a pair of us<br />Don’t tell! they’d advertise-you know!<br /><br />How dreary- to be- Somebody!<br />How public- like a Frog-<br />To tell one’s name- the livelong June<br />To an admiring Bog!</i><br />-Emily DickinisonThersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81266236523826277432014-11-05T11:40:06.738-05:002014-11-05T11:40:06.738-05:00WTF?WTF?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com