HELP ME PLEASE!!! NO LINKS!!! THE POEM IS CALLED "INVICTUS" BY: William Ernest Henley, 1875

How does the poem’s use of darkness in its imagery contribute to the text’s overall meaning?

A. The poem describes “night” (line 1) covering the speaker, symbolic of the adversity and/or suffering he faces.

B. The poem describes “the Horror of the shade” (line 10), suggesting that the speaker’s hard times are only temporary.

C. The poem describes night covering the earth from “pole to pole” (line 2), suggesting that the speaker’s outlook on the world is very bleak and hopeless.

D. The poem describes a dark “place of wrath and tears” (line 9), implying that the speaker is overcome by his depression.