Emily Dickinson was well known for her solitary nature to the point of never leaving her home after dropping out of Mount Holyoke College. She never liked being in the public spotlight and even declared at one point in her life that she found it ridiculous to publish her poems. This feeling of not being famous and enjoying solitude is highlighted in his poem “I'm Nobody! Who are you? (260)” published in 1891. By using similes and pronouns, Dickinson gives the impression of speaking to a dear friend, the reader, about why she is happy to be nobody. Dickinson did not always wish to be an unpublished and unknown writer and at one point "began his career with a normal appetite for recognition". (Wilbur) We see in her poem “Success is Sweetest (112)” how she seems to praise an unknown success. Dickinson's poems were numbered according to the date they were said to have been written and as there were nearly 150 poems before "I Am Nobody!" Who are you?" it can be assumed that this was during the time when she still wanted to be published. The third and fourth lines of the poem state "To understand a nectar / Requires the greatest need" (3.4) in which the narrator draws attention to the fact that to truly enjoy the feeling of success, you have to really want it so much that you suffer or feel like you would die without it. This contrasts greatly with his poem "260" in. which she finds "dreary - to be - someone" (5) and does not at all wish to gain publicity or success With the aforementioned poem, Dickinson had praised the success but is greatly contrasted once again. with "I'm nobody! Who are you?" using the comparison style of similes. Dickinson likens being published to being "like a frog" (6) when we "say his name - the long Ju...... middle of paper ......w." This was before her publication began and after that she never again showed her poems to a publisher and believed that by publishing the work it was like selling royal air or selling free gifts of God. (Guthrie) It was not until her sister discovered all the poems in a booklet in one of Dickinson's drawers that they were sent to a publisher and published shortly thereafter. There are now books and reviews of Emily Dickinson's work that have transformed a woman who prided herself on being a "nobody" and never published into a "someone" that everyone loves. Works Cited Guthrie, James. “Emily Dickinson”. ENG 3310-02 American Texts: Colonial -1890. Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio. October 25, 2013. Conference. Kennedy, X.J. “Two Critical Casebooks: Reviews of Emily Dickinson.” An introduction to poetry. 13 ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966. 343-344. Print.