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Invictus is a short poem about overcoming adversity and self-mastery, written by the British poet William Ernest Henley in 1875. It has inspired many people and leaders, such as Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, and Barack Obama, with its famous lines "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul".
I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. Copyright Credit: William Ernest Henley, "Invictus" from Poems (London: Macmillan and Co., 1920): 83-84. Public domain. Source: Poems (Macmillan and Co, 1920) Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
William Ernest Henley, born August 23, 1849, was an influential British poet, perhaps best known for his poem “Invictus” (1875). He is the author of A Song of Speed (D. Nutt, 1903), Hawthorn & Lavender with Other Verses (D. Nutt, 1901), and For England’s Sake: Verses and Songs in Time of War (D. Nutt, 1900), among others.
The belief that one’s soul could not be tarnished, no matter the hardships one experienced, is reflected in both this line and the poem as a whole. The popularity of “Invictus” helped reinforce this attitude, as did many other works of Victorian poetry and literature.
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Invictus is a film about Nelson Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. It stars Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, and was directed by Clint Eastwood.
