What are some poems by William Ernest Henley that contain a high quality of literary elements?
2007-09-06 13:02:06 · 2 answers · asked by Justin H 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), British poet, critic and author; William Thomas Henley (1814-1882) British telegraph engineer and pioneer submarine cable...
2007-09-09 08:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crosses and Troubles...
Fill a Glass...
The Gods are Dead?...
and his most famous...
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.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond the place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
2007-09-10 13:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋