Library›Poetry & First Lines›One card

A LITTLE SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING

A small discovery. Yours to pass on.

Arts & LiteratureOne small ahaPoem

Henley declares an unconquerable spirit in this poem ending with mastery of one's fate.

Think it. Then flip it. ahamoraTap to reveal Back to the cue
Arts & LiteratureOne small aha
Your new ahaInvictus

Invictus: Poem of unconquerable spirit in the face of hardship. Source: Invictus ↗

ahamoraReference ↗

Keep the thread going

One answer is a beginning.

Share a little curiosity, or follow it into the full collection.

Flip the full deck →

More from Poetry & First Lines

A few more worth knowing.

  1. 32Wordsworth recalls a field of golden daffodils in this poem inspired by a walk with his sister.IDENTIFY
    I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

    Wordsworth's poem celebrates a field of daffodils, inspired by a real walk he took with his sister.

    Open this card ↗
  2. 33T. S. Eliot's fragmented modernist poem evokes postwar disillusionment.IDENTIFY
    The Waste Land

    Eliot's fragmented Waste Land captured postwar disillusionment and stands among the century's most influential poems.

    Open this card ↗
  3. 34This Ginsberg poem's raw lament over modern society became a landmark of the Beat Generation.RECALL
    Howl

    Ginsberg's Howl became a landmark of the Beat Generation with its raw lament over modern society.

    Open this card ↗