Analysis of I am
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I am
a human being,
and I am doomed
to live in uncertainty.
but even though
I don't believe,
I still think.
and because I think,
I know that I am.
I am a thinking thing,
therefore I am.
cogito ergo sum.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGGABAH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 01010 0111 1100100 1101 1101 111 00111 11111 110101 111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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".
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Written on March 27, 2024
Submitted by JoeStrickland on March 27, 2024
Modified by JoeStrickland on March 27, 2024
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