Gerard Manley Hopkins & William Ernest Henley Flashcards
in the cruel gasp of (e.g., a predator)
in the fell clutch of
spotted; specked
dappled
beatings; batterings
bludgeonings
multi-colored; patri-colored
pied
flinched; recoiled
winced
a piece of uncultivated land
fallow
Latin for “unconquered”
“Invictus”
dots
stipple
changing frequently; whimisical
fickle
danger; peril; threat
menace
“For rose-moles all in stipple upon ___”
trout that swim
imagery and metaphor in stanza 2 of “Invictus”
“Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.”
allusion and imagery in stanza 4 of “Invictus”
“It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.”
“For skies of couple-colour as a ___”
brinded cow
imagery in stanza 1 of “Invictus”
“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole”
“Glory be to God for ___”
dappled things
” … all trades, their ___”
gear and tackle and trim
imagery and metaphor in stanza 3 of “Invictus”
“Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade”
Hopkins’ final declaration in “Pied Beauty”
“Praise him.”
Conclusion and Central One Idea of “Invictus”
“I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
