"I'm nobody! Who are you?" analysis

I'm nobody! Who are you?

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!
They'd banish -- you know!

How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog! 
Emily Dickinson

The poem addresses the question of not only identity, but also of social status and recognition. It might have also hinted at what kind of society that Emily Dickinson might have lived in. Also, she makes the engages the reader directly by confessing to the reader on her thoughts of being somebody.
The stanzas :" I'm nobody! who are you?, are you nobody too?" asks the reader a direct question while confessing about her social status. This first 2 stanzas were most likely written as a  hook to catch the reader's attention, as well as invoke curiosity in the reader. The next 2 stanzas:"Then there's a pair of us-don't tell!, they'd banish-- u know!" might have hinted at the kind of society that the poet was living in. "then there's a pair of us-don't tell!" shows how it was not common to be a nobody in her society as most people might have had a certain level of fame. the next stanza is interesting because it says how nobodies in that society were banished. the poet might have meant that the nobodies- in that society were the outcasts, and were unrespected as well as ill treated. "Don't tell!" also shows how the nobodies secretly might have wanted to be well known and did not like being a nobody.
The next stanza:" How dreary to be somebody! How public like a frog!". The first Stanza Shows how the poet feels that even though being well known had is benefits, the poet feels that to maintain that status is too dreadful and tiresome, and therefore not worth it. "how public like a frog!" shows how the poet feels that the people that were well known were so desperate for fame that they would do anything for it , and the very thought of that disgusts her, possibly like a frog. The last 2 stanzas:"To tell one's name the livelong day To an admiring bog!"shows how she feels that famous people were wasting their lives by being famous. "to tell one's name the livelong day" suggests how the famous people spend a lot of time telling their achievements(what made their name well known) to other people. "an admiring bog!" shows how the admirers were unconcrete, and the famous people were wasting their time as the admirers could stop admiring them at any moment if they did not maintain their reputation.
This poem addresses the problems of being famous and also manifest the benefits of being unpopular. It invokes that thought of whether being famous might truly be worth it. It is also unique because its simplicity leaves the reader with a lot of questions to think about.