Writing about Theme 1. Read the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.
2. Answer the questions while reading the poem.
3. Answer the questions at the end to determine the theme and how it is conveyed.
4. Use the template to write a paragraph.
Out of the night that covers me,
What is being personified here?
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
What could the pit symbolize?
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
Break apart the word "unconquerable" to get a true definition.
Research the meaning of "Invictus" in Latin.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
What words in this stanza have negative connotations?
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Read the background information about Henley. What do you
know about him that connects to this stanza?
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
What is the significance of his head being unbowed?
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
What place could Henley be referring to?
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
What does he mean by “menace of the years?"
And yet the menace of the years ASTON DAVON
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
How is this final line similar to the final previous of the last
stanza?
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It matters not how strait the gate,
What tone does Henley have towards his present condition
based on these lines?
How charged with punishments the
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What is the significance of the parallelism in the final two
I am the master of my fate,
lines?
I am the captain of my soul.
Why is this a fitting conclusion for the poem?