hdwoody2002
hdwoody2002
06.01.2021 • 
English

Read the second stanza of the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley. In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

What does the phrase "the fell clutch of circumstance" mean in the second stanza?

the planned events in life

the unexpected shift of power

the cruel actions of others

the brutal hold of fate

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