I Am Not I Poem Analysis

uan Ramon Jimenez was an inspiring short and intense personal poet. They were a great inspiration to a generation of spanish writers in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Born in Spain, he went to college, but quit to devote himself to the love and joy of writing. His poems began appearing when he was just 17. He was a master of the new generation of poets. In “I Am Not I”, Juan Ramon Jimenez writes about how there is a real self as well as an illusory self. Juan Ramon Jimenez writes about the self who he really is. He goes on and explains how he is truly one and not the other self. He writes how the real self is always right by his side, and he does not acknowledge it, “Walking beside me whom I do not see”. (Jimenez line 3). What he means by this is he is always there underneath something. He also does acknowledge the real self at times. As well as seeking it. And how at some times he manages to visit, “Whom at times i manage to visit”. (line 4). This shows that you need your real self and to let it shine. Jimenez’s use of imagery visualizes the poem beautifully. He uses imagery to show how you are always there, and how who you really are will …show more content…
The real self is always there for you, supporting you and listening. The real self “Forgives, gently, when [you] hate”. (line 7). Not leaving and it should be brought in as a prom of life. Someone is always going to be there for you. The real self can also be your eternal self. The eternal self will always be with you even when your body is not. The real self, “will remain standing when [you] die”. (line 9). No matter how much time goes by, it will always be with you. Jimenez use of repetition boldly describes the eternal self of you. He uses it to show how the eternal is where you are not. Forever staying right by your side, “who walks where I am not, who will remain standing when I die”. (lines 8-9). Always gonna be there for you and will always