... latin for 'unconquered' with its titular statement setting the underlying message of conviction throughout the poem. Henley crafts a distinctive image to the responder by projecting his emotions visually through words. The 1st stanza introduces the responder to a "night that covers" the persona, one which is of almost absolute darkness as it is "black as a pit" and ... "charged with punishments" adjudicating Henley's sins. Henley's completes his discourse of fate, fortune, suffering, consequence and Death by utilising the anaphora to distinctively conclude his poem with the rhyming...

• Word Count: 857
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate