Question

What does the speaker want to avoid? “I`m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson

Answer 1

She wants to avoid being somebody and be a nobody because it is nicer being unknown

Answer 2

The speaker wants to avoid exactly what most people desire and pusue: publicity, popularity, recongnition. The American poet Emily Dickinson withdrew from society before she was 30. This poem tells a little of her opinion about being somebody, which for her was so boring, and despite the admiration, it wouldn't bring happiness. She prefered to be unknown, a nobody.