I’m nobody! who are you? are you — nobody — too? then there’s a pair of us don’t tell! they’d advertise — you know! how dreary — to be — somebody! how public — like a frog — to tell one’s name — the livelong june — to an admiring bog! what is the significance of the word “nobody” in the poem? it is used negatively in the poem, but it usually has a positive connotation. it is used positively in the poem, but it usually has a negative connotation. it has no significance in the poem. it is a code for “cool” in the poem.