Poem - Invictus

Question 1

First Stanza of Invictus

Out of the night

Answer 1

Out of the night that covers, Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable.

Question 2

Second Stanza of Invictus

In the fell

Answer 2

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud

Under the bludgeoning of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Question 3

Third Stanza of Invictus

Beyond the place

Answer 3

Beyond the place of wrath and tears

Looms but the horror of the shade

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

Question 4

Fourth Stanza of Invictus

It matters not

Answer 4

It matters not how straight the gate,

How charged with punishment the scroll,

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

Question 5

Who was “Invictus” written by?

Answer 5

William Ernest Henly