Read or listen to the poem. Then select the statements that describe

Question

how the rhyme scheme affects the reader.
"Invictus" - by William Ernest Henley, 1888
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may bè
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 with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
A. The consistent, measured
rhyme scheme shows that
this poem is a sonnet.

B. Each stanza of the poem
feels like a complete
thought because of the
consistent alternating
pattern.

C. The alternating rhyme
scheme makes this poem
easy to memorize and has
contributed to its popularity.

D. The rhyme scheme
reinforces the author's
theme that people get older
and life is hard.