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The lines "I am the master of my fate... I am the captain of my soul" are paraphrased in Lana Del Rey's song "Lust for Life" featuring The Weeknd. The lyrics are changed from "I" to "we," alluding to a relationship. Belgian Black / Folk Metal band Ancient Rites use the poem as a song on their album Rvbicon (Latin form of Rubicon)
Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley was an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson 's character Long John Silver ( Treasure Island , 1883), [ 1 ] while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Barrie 's choice ...
Q: How would you explain what a poem is to my seven year old? A: A poem is a compact sequence of unpredictable images. I remember reading about a B-baller called "Half Man Half Amazing". That phrase alone is a poem. — Vietnamese-American poet Linh Dinh, interview at "Here Comes Everybody" blog, December 14, 2004
Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and other poems is a collection of eighteen poems written and published by American poet Walt Whitman in 1865. Most of the poems in the collection reflect on the American Civil War (1861–1865), including the elegies " When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd " and " O Captain!
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"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, [2] [3] I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul." [2] [3] [4] — Timothy McVeigh, American domestic terrorist (11 June 2001).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 October 2024. Poem by Walt Whitman on the death of Abraham Lincoln "Oh Captain, My Captain" redirects here. For the Grimm episode, see Oh Captain, My Captain (Grimm). For the Shameless episode, see O Captain, My Captain (Shameless). O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman Printed copy of "O Captain! My ...
Chopra says Rodgers was immediately “really trusting” with him and Hughes, adding that throughout their year working together on the documentary, Rodgers “was very open and vulnerable.”