Invictus
ENGLISH WORKSHOP
1. Choose the correct option:
(a) Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole
(iii) The circumstances are as bad as they can be with nothing to hope for from any corner.
(b) In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud
(ii) I have not expressed my grief even when I had to suffer great pains.
(c) Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, …
(i) I have suffered many setbacks and losses, for which there was no reason.
(d) And yet the menace of the years, Finds, and shall find, me unafraid
(iii) Even though I am growing old, I am not, and shall not be, afraid.
(e) How charged with punishments the scroll, …
(ii) I may have to pay for many of my mistakes.
(f) I am the master of my fate :
(i) I take responsibility for everything that happens in my life.
(g) I am the captain of my soul.
(iii) My actions are the result of my own feelings.
2. Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.
The rhyme scheme of “Invictus” is:
- Stanza 1: a b a b
- Stanza 2: c d c d
- Stanza 3: e f e f
- Stanza 4: g h g h
Explanation:
- Each stanza has four lines.
- Lines 1 and 3 rhyme with each other (e.g., “me” and “be” in Stanza 1).
- Lines 2 and 4 rhyme with each other (e.g., “pole” and “soul” in Stanza 1).
- The pattern repeats with different rhyming sounds in each stanza.
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