Question

Which lines from “Invictus” support the main idea of the poem?
http://courseplayer.avalearning.com/nweb/LA102/PDF/U3/LA102_ENG9B_U3_Exam_Invictus_Henley_Poem_Formatted.pdf
line 1-2
lines 7-8
lines 9-10
lines 13-14

Answer 1

@deercult

Answer 2

a few more questions these questions are the ones im not too sure about

Answer 3

i did everything else

Answer 4

Ok! One sec, sorry if I take a few moments to respond to anything. I'm doing a test too .:P
Lemme read this rq.

Answer 5

ok

Answer 6

Well, the whole poem is about the guy staying confident and holding his ground no matter what comes to him. Which of these lines is most closely related to the narrator holding his ground even in dark times?

Answer 7

7-8?

Answer 8

Yup!

Answer 9

okay

Answer 10

Read the poem, "Fog," by Carl Sandburg. Under what type of poetry would this work be categorized?
http://courseplayer.avalearning.com/nweb/LA102/PDF/U3/LA102_ENG9B_U3_Exam_Fog_Sandburg_Poem_Formatted.pdf
ballad
free verse
epic
sonnet

Answer 11

??

Answer 12

This is where my poetry knowledge ends, but I'll do my best with the help of my friend. Sorry if I take a few moments.

Ballad: "a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas"
Free verse: "poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter."
Epic: "a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation."
Sonnet: "a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line."

So we know it's NOT an epic or a sonnet. Lemme find an example of a ballad real quick too.

Answer 13

http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_ballad_examples.html Here's a ton of ballad examples.
So from here on out, can you guess?

Answer 14

ballad right?

Answer 15

A typical ballad consists of stanzas that contain a quatrain, or four poetic lines.
I just found this too, so I don't think that's it. It's most likely a free verse poem, imo!

Answer 16

i just need 3 more questions and ill be done could you help?

Answer 17

I'll do my best. Again, I'll be back and forth a little, but I'll still try!

Answer 18

What is the rhyme scheme in the fourth stanza of “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley?
http://courseplayer.avalearning.com/nweb/LA102/PDF/U3/LA102_ENG9B_U3_Exam_Invictus_Henley_Poem_Formatted.pdf

gbgb
efef
cdcd
ghgh

Answer 19

Well, first things first, we've got to identify the rhyme scheme of the last few stanzas- that way we know what letters to use. Do you know how to find the rhyme scheme for the first stanza?

Answer 20

i can't go home until i finish these questions :/

Answer 21

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.

Answer 22

abab

Answer 23

aaba?

Answer 24

Abab is right!

Answer 25

So the second stanza follows the same pattern, without rhyming with anything in the first stanza, yes? So it continues: Cdcd.
The third stanza would be...?

"tears
shade
years
unafraid"

Answer 26

they dont rhyme

Answer 27

They do!
"tears" and "Years" rhyme. So do "shade" (shaid) and "unafraid".

Answer 28

oh yea

Answer 29

abab

Answer 30

again

Answer 31

Nope! The first stanza was abab. .None of these lines rhyme with anything from the first stanza, so it continues from 'CD':
Efef.

So we know that the fourth stanza isn't efef (that's the third one).

We can't automatically assume a different stanza's always a completely different rhyme scheme, though. So far we have:

ABAB
CDCD
EFEF

Do any of the lines in the fourth stanza match up with any of the others? (Hint: look at the second line in the first and fourth stanza.)

Answer 32

abab?

Answer 33

oh nvm

Answer 34

aaba?

Answer 35

Nope!
'Gate' is a whole different rhyme. So it's GBGB.

Answer 36

plz close this wen u r done with it ok