e learning term 3 week 5

Poem: Walking Away by Cecil Day Lewis

Answers:
(a) The poet is speaking.
(b) He is referring to a particular person.
(c) He is trying to unleash his sadness
(d) He is also trying to unleash his sadness.
(e) The poet wants the audience to read this poem more clearly and to show that he is sad and is serious.
(f) This help me to find the answers to the questions.

Analysis:
The poet wanted the audience to not to follow his path. He also wants his friends to know how sad he was. He wanted the readers to treasure the relationship between friends, not like himself. The poet also wants to inform the audience that he suffered many setbacks. The poet, who was once a communist, thought setbacks are encouraging. Lastly, he is trying to tell his friend how sad he was by losing him as a friend. He treasured the relationship with his friend, and is sad at losing such a wonderful friend.

My favourite Poem( e learning)

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

1) Figurative language is not used in this poem. The poet did not describe the the things, but rather illustrate it from what he saw.
2) I like this poem as the poet writes very well about his walk on a street. He illustrated the whole event extremely well and elaborated well enough to let everyone get the idea of what he saw and what he did. I like illustrating more than figurative language as I like to imagine what things like from writings and something like that. I feel that the poet was being extremely careful as he writes about such a small thing that no one will take notice of. That is very unique. Shel Silverstein have always been one of my favourite poets because of his strong description about things. I hope that my poems can be at least half as good as Shel's.

Television show review

Top Gear is a show that everyone that knows what is a Bugatti Veyron knows. Even if they don't they should know what is The Stig or Jeremy Clarkson. I know this isn't going to be perfect, but I am reviewing this excellent and hilarious show.
First of all, the presenters: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig. A pretty good lineup, I must say. A typical Top gear show would be segments of challenges, cool walls, car reviews, news and stars driving reasonably priced cars. Occasionally, there would be a special episode, when the whole thing is made up of one big chunk of challenge. When I mean reviews and news, I didn't mean anything like the normal ones at all. In the reviews, it is basically one of the presenters driving a car, usually a supercar round the test track and the Stig will set a time in it. The news is basically the three presenters defaming cars like Morris Marina.
The challenges are the best part of the show. The challenges are almost all the time extremely hard to attempt. Past challenges included "Buy a car for $100" and "Make an Avantine go faster then a Evo 8". In most of the challenges, Jeremy Clarkson will either have the best or the worst car and made the stupidest decisions. It is his shrewdness that made him winner for several times. The usual flow of a cheap car challenge is: Speed test by the stig, Reliability test, Fuel Economy and a unique test.
What is one of the hilarious thing about Top Gear is that all three of the presenters hate Morris Marina, a British car. They even dropped pianos on two Morris Marinas in seperate occasions.
As you have read, I give a very high credit to Top Gear's hilarious style. If you have nothing to do on Wednesday nights, tune in to BBC Knowledge and watch it. Trust me, you will be addicted to it.

Why can't everyone go in cars instead of planes like Jeremy Clarkson?

We all heard of the recent Icelandic volcano explosion and how chaotic it is on in the sky. But how, in the hell that they got stuck? There were many alternatives, and one of them is by driving. It has already been proved by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May that flying in a plane from Milan to London in a boeing 737 isn't as fast as going in a Bugatti Veyron, and a plane ticket cost a lot more than tons of fuel. You may argue that the Veyron is the fastest car in the planet, but it is still a car. I bet that a G-Wiz will not be more than 5 hours behind the Veyron, that is that the G-Wiz made it to London.
The news all said that passengers were stuck all over Europe and for god's sake, they are nonsensical. Take F1 as an example. Most of the team got stuck in Shanghai. But those brittering idiots did not take a more convinient route: Fly to Russia, then drive a Scania all the way to England! Instead, they waited until the ban was lifted! Then, there is MotoGP, fancy postponing the Japan race because of the plane issues. Oh for crying out loud, they could have just flew from Turkey or UAE!
People who got stuck in the Changhi Airport should just fly to somewhere like Istanbul or Moscow then take a taxi back!

A book that everyone who knows how to read must read

I would like to introduce a book, called "The world according to Clarkson" by of course, the ever funny Jeremy Clarkson. Many people know that he had a show in BBC called Top Gear which he talk about cars with James May and Richard Hammond, but don't actually know that he writes books. That is no surprise though, but what is surprising is that he writes such good books that I was engrossed with a book for the first time.
The book, is pretty retarded. Clarkson talk about every single thing, from Range Rovers to why science is bad to our healths. The segment I like most is actually when he talk about toothbrushes, stating that his wife spends 60% of the house GDP and 40% of her time doing things related about the teeth. Clarkson was pretty funny in his phrasings in the words he use, I mean how hard can it be for such a funny man to talk about things that are not funny and turning them into funny things? Like Clarkson style, he scolds a bit of vulgur in the book, but thakfully it is sensored. So, the verdict is, if you want something funny, buy a Jeremy Clarkson. If you have not enough money, buy a"World according to Clarkson".

F1 future stars

There may be many failures in GP2, but some of them are lucky and got a F1 drive, like Karun Chandhok and Nicolas Kiesa, who drove for Minardi for 1 season. There are also good drivers but could not perform in the feeder series but shone in F1, like Damon Hill and Felipe Massa. Some don't have experience at all, but they got F1 drives because of sponsership money like Giovanna Amati and Kimi Raikkonen. Some good drivers failed because they do not have sponsership, like Bjorn Widhelm and Vincenzo Sospiri. So now lets look at some other young drivers who are getting a F1 drive.
The most possible ones are Davide Valsecchi and Pastor Maldonaldo, both driving for isport and Barwa Addax respectively in GP2. Maldonado was close to signing with Renault, but it opted for Vitaly Petrov in the last minute. Valsecchi's reputation have grown much over the last few months. having won the GP2 Asia series. The other possibilities are Ho Pin Tung of DAMS and Alvaro Parente who last drove for Ocean Racing. Tung is linked strongly with Renault because of sponsership. The other choices are Sebestian Loeb and Valentino Rossi, WRC and MotoGP legends who were linked with Red Bull and Ferrari for almost three years. Don't think they will succeed though. Come on, not everyone is Kimi Raikkonen or John Surtees.
Jumping series are not a good idea, as Jaime Alguersuari and Martin Brundle would demonstrate. Both their careers are not as good as Vitaly Petrov and Ayrton Senna, who they thrashed in Formula three.

Journal of Hari(intrapersonal)

Dear diary,
Today have been a pretty wonderful day for me. I have been on a journey to Bombay all this day. Now, I am nearer to it than ever-I am in Rewas. The past few months have been too much for me. Old Biju's ship might have been built by now, but I certainly don't care about it. All I want is to prevent the stupid government to build factorys on Thul's land. They certainly will be importing those city workers and I will only get a job of a cleaner who earns a measly sum of money. Who wants them? I would rather work for Biju-if he wants me to.
So here I am in Rewas, waiting for the ship to take me to Bombay. I wonder how Lila was doing with that stupid father. Do they have the cash? I am worried. But, there is no turning back. Only me can help my family escape poverty and protect our lands. I shall return in PRIDE.
Love,
Hari