Themes of Fortitude and Self-Expression in Poetry
Explore the themes of resilience and self-identity in "Invictus" and "Theme for English B" as symbols of overcoming adversity and embracing individuality. The poems delve into the power of the human spirit to triumph over challenges and the importance of genuine self-expression in personal growth.
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Who Am I? Invictus and Theme for English B
Who or What Defines us? Jean Val Jean 24601
Invicutus Theme The theme of the poem is the will to survive in the face of a severe test. Henley himself faced such a test. After contracting tuberculosis of the bone in his youth, he suffered a tubercular infection when he was in his early twenties that resulted in amputation of a leg below the knee.
Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. Comments, Stanza 1 Night is a metaphor for suffering of any kind. It is also part of a simile and a hyperbole in which the speaker compares the darkness of his suffering to the blackness of a hellish pit stretching from the north pole to the south pole. In line 4, unconquerable establishes the theme and a link with the title
Invictus It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: 15 I am the captain of my soul. Comments, Stanza 1 Here, strait means narrow, restricted. To escape from the fell clutch of circumstance and bludgeonings of chance, the speaker must pass through a narrow gate. He believes he can do so in spite of the punishments that fate has allotted him because his iron will refuses to bend.
Theme for English B The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you Then, it will be true. http://www.shmoop.com/theme-english- b/summary.html
Your task: Ms. Smith says, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you Then, it will be true. Write a page tonight about yourself. o You can share a struggle and how you overcame it o You can share your life goals and how school will support them o You can share how you view your role at RHS, this class, your family, the wider community One page and one page only!!!
