The Poetry of Identity

Question 7 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A

Which line from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson contains a simile?

Answer

"Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!"

"They’d banish us, you know."

"How public, like a frog"

"To tell your name the livelong day"

A simile compares two things using “like” or “as.” The line “How public, like a frog” compares being public to a frog, so it contains a simile.

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