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Invictus By William Ernest Henley
Every single one of us, at some point in our life, will experience pain, suffering and hardships of some form or another. Suffering and hardships are part of the life and it is inevitable. No matter how hard it gets we, humans tend to hope and fight until the end, through our desire to live. Similar concept is seen in the poem “ Invictus “ by William Ernest Henley. The speaker in the poem describes his situation, where he is trapped in his mind as a prisoner. Even Though the speaker does not explicitly state the problem he is facing, we get to see his internal turmoil as he is going through this problem. Universal truth is evident in “Invictus” is that despite the hardships one might face, the desire to live is what keeps us sane.

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