Read the 2 poems again and answer the 2 questions on figurative language and theme. Fate slew Him, but He did not drop -- by Emily Dickinson
Fate slew Him, but He did not drop --
She felled -- He did not fall
Impaled Him on Her fiercest stakes --
He neutralized them all --
She stung Him -- sapped His firm Advance --
But when Her Worst was done
And He -- unmoved regarded Her --
Acknowledged Him a Man.

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.

Please answer the following 2 questions:

Figurative language:
What are some figurative language techniques you noticed they both share? Tell me which
technique and then give at least 1 example from each text to support your answer.
Figurative language techniques include metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification,
imagery, onomatopoeia, personification, etc.

Theme:
What do these two poems have to say about fate? Do they have a similar message? Or is
the message slightly different?