Am i the literary element without
plot, theme, tone?
Or the protagonist killed before reaching his goal?

Am I the underlying meaning...

  or but a minor theme?  Narrative revolves
  around me, I digress.

No
Shakespearean Romeo,
my character.

And, my thesis,
may have several themes-

Plots never progress beyond what
I with such scant success
imply with my heart...and it never lies.

It suggests.