I am
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
About this poem
The poem is about the human condition of living in uncertainty and the power of thinking. The speaker begins by stating that they are human and therefore doomed to live in uncertainty. However, this does not stop them from thinking, and because they think, they know that they exist. The poem ends with the famous phrase "Cogito ergo sum".
Written on March 27, 2024
Submitted by JoeStrickland on March 27, 2024
Modified by JoeStrickland on March 27, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGGABAH |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 209 |
Words | 53 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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