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Poem Analysis: Darius Monroe

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Darius Monroe, yup, he was the teenager who robbed the Bank of America in Houston Texas. He could have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for his friends, who help pull it off, boasting and showing off the money. When Darius got caught he was charged for an adult for doing a adult crime and he was taken to prison. Darius was charged with 5 yrs in prison, but he didn’t just sit down and rot. He got his education, both GED and his college education. Darius started writing plays and poems and different stories. He than learned that we wantn’t to be a film director and tell his story.
Now invictus, this was poem created by writer William Ernest Henley. Really not much to say about this poem, I mean it really goes deep, emotion wise. I’m just guessing,

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