Poem Analysis: Invictus By W. H. Henley

In W.H Henley’s poem “Invictus”, Henley writes in a way that the reader can personally relate to the writing and may respond differently. The title “Invictus” meaning unconquerable and invincible in Latin is the poem’s theme; being unconquerable, in what life may throw at you. In stanza 2 Henley writes “Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed”, life may have beat you down, but you’re able to fight through what that may be and rise above it. In the last stanza Henley writes “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul” to solidify that you choose who and what you want in life, you can let your circumstances define who you are and what you’re capable of or you treat it as a life lesson to grow from. Being unconquerable