Invictus

Invictus is a short Victorian poem written by English poet, William Ernest Henley.

This poem is about being invictus, a Latin word for unconquerable. Henley writes about the hardships he faced and how it has not made him weaker. In the first stanza, he writes, “Out of the night that covers me, black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods maybe for my unconquerable soul.” This stanza shows that even through the night, a metaphor for hardships, Henley is bothered. In terms of leadership, the larger theme of this poem is that even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise, because in the poem Henley writes that even through everything, he is left untouched; his soul is still unconquerable, his his head is still unbowed,