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What does it mean when someone says "It is I."?

Please, native English speakers, under what circumstances would be this grammar used instead of it is me?
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Elegy · 46-50
As @Quizzical stated, it is a formal statement but I've only ever heard it used ironically outside of Shakespeare and even then it could have been intended as humor.