What type of figurative language is "Out of the night that covers me"?
100
The author uses this to express the theme.
What is figurative language in the poem?
100
The meaning of the word invictus.
What is unconquerable?
100
The speaker will not give up and keeps going when bad things happen to him.
What is the speaker's opinion about himself?
100
The text uses strait instead of straight.
What is archaic?
200
"Under the bludgeonings of chance".
What is an example of personification in the first stanza of the poem?
200
Hope.
What is the universal theme of the poem?
200
Prepares the reader for what the poem will be about before reading it.
What is the significance of the title?
200
The author shows confidence and perseverance through his words and actions.
What is tone?
200
Allusions.
What literary device is the author using by referencing to the words scroll, soul, and pit?
300
Imagery in the first stanza.
What is "Out of the night that covers me"
300
No matter how defeated I may appear, I will never give up.
What message does the author provide from the poem?
300
The word invictus is not well known unlike the word unconquerable so by making this the title it makes the reader think harder and do more research on the poem.
What is the reason for naming the poem invictus instead of unconquerable?
300
The reader should gain advice from this poem because it should encourage them to not give up.