ELA with Professor Horne

This is a podcast of Professor Horne reading "Zebra" by Chaim Potok.

Question to respond to: Why would this poem be an appropriate one to listen to right now? What other poems, songs or sayings could you think of might help inspire people during this time?

I will be podcasting different readings, stories, poems, etc each week for your ELA class.

For each Podcast, you will have to write (or eventually record) your reaction and share it with the class.

Any questions or concerns, please let me know!

Week 1

"Invictus"

BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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.

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.

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