Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this 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.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged the punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
by William Ernest
THE WRITING PROMPT
Identify the theme of the poem,
“Invictus?” Explain what is
happening to the subject of the
poem? Describe the challenges
faced by the subject of the poem.
Analyze the Prompt
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Copy the prompt
Re-read to ensure copied correctly
Circle directive verbs
Box audience. It may be a “general academic
audience”
5. Underline what the directive verbs ask you to do.
6. Number order how you will write your response
7. Create the DO/WHAT chart.
The Analyzed
Writing Prompt
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Identify the theme of the poem,
“Invictus?” Explain what is
happening in the poem to the
subject of the poem? Describe
the challenges faced by the
subject of the poem.
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General
Academic
Audience
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Write Directive Verb #1 Here
What
(Write what the directive verb says to do)
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Write Directive Verb #2 Here
(Write what the directive verb says to do)
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(Write what the directive verb says to do)
Write Directive Verb #3 Here
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Assignment:
Write at least a one page or 250 word essay to
respond to the prompt below in academic
language. You must use quotes from the poem as
evidence and explain why.
THE WRITING PROMPT
Identify the theme of the poem, “Invictus?”
Explain what is happening in the poem to the
subject of the poem? Describe the
challenges faced by the subject of the poem.