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Poe and his Raven

Edgar Allan Poe... he seems to believe that the thought process for writng a poem is not a divine intution and that its quite mathematical and all that... he explained it in this essay "The Philosophy of Composition" with the help of an example... "The Raven", a poem he wrote... We read thru this essay and this poem in our HS class and my ma'am encouraged us to write an extension to "The Raven"... it was one of the questions asked in today's paper... chk http://www.poeticbyway.com/philo.htm for the essay... the original poem: The Raven [First published in 1845] Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. `'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.' Ah, distinctly I remember it wa

"wheels" - Arthur Hailey

For all those who have enough patience to read thru 2280 words abt "wheels" and hows its related to HS406.. here it goes.... Arthur Hailey’s “Wheels” – A ninth angle of the eight cylinders “Wheels” is an interesting work of fiction by Arthur Hailey. Set in the 1960s or 1970s with the back drop of, Detroit, Michigan – “the Motor City, auto capital of the world”, it serves as a very informative read for an engineer. It revolves around the struggling personal and professional lives of individuals in various levels of hierarchy in the automobile industry, more specifically, one among the “Big Three”, Ford. It involves the entangled lives of almost everyone who can link their life to the word ‘car’, from the chairman of the company to the executives in the design and engineering, plant managers, assembly line workers, used cars salesmen, machine parts manufacturers, spare parts suppliers and even to car racers. Though according to the Detroit Sunday Times, this book is filled with

All roads lead to ______

( in the above blank substitute wat you please... as in watever your belief states... doesnt really matter... its all the same...) this post is for all those who had queries regarding my current orkut profile page.... (esp on its authenticity...) for those who havent seen it, it goes like this... Pranava... the word of God (John 1:1) abt me : IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. - John 1:1 Prajapatir vai idam asit : In the beginning was Brahman. Tasya vag dvitya asit : with whom was the Vak (or Sound) Vag vai paramam Brahma : and the Vak (Sound) is Brahman" - Vedas and so on.. but this is all i am concerned right now abt.... so... yes... its true... i dint make it up... :) the bible and the vedas suggest the same thing for the theory of the beginning of universe.... its not exactly the big bang (though we can associate with it).. but its rather a vibration that started the universe... a vibration uttered

exam time....

hmmm... looks like i really wanna write stuff but all i have is exams to wirte up... well... MA202 has not much news to say... rather i forgot... it was 2 days ago... today fresh after my SOM paper i can speak well abt AM220... :) i saw some old papers last nite.... 5 questions outta 7... wow... choice.... well... guess wat happened... we had 2 papers... 1 was theory type (Part A) for 20 marks.. 10 questions.. and time limit of 40 min... :).... great goin... the second paper was for the rest of the time... 4 questions 20 marks each... hmm... greeat going... esp.. that i can see my ma'am sitting on the table in CRC 101 in front of all of us... picking out papers... and correcting Part A...!!! well.. wel.. for her expressions on her face... so i guess i'll jus keep my mouth shut abt how i did the rest of my paper.... :)

IDeals 1 needs 2 kn0..... ID120

so... i had a course this sem... ID!@).... info for those who haven't done their 10th from CBSE board... half our syllabus for all courses put together had been to enlighten us abt the pollution today and its harmful effects, and how we, as responsible future citizens of India and the world, help in reducing, if not eradicating it... and i had to scrap thru it since i had not much then wen i was kid with no elective subjects... now... in IITM... they came up with innovative ideas... i believe only last yr... and they've introduced two highly intelligent and useful courses which are a must for every BTech student... one of them is ID120... ecology and environment... wat does it teach us... to be "Eco-warriors"... as far as my involvement n enthu that goes into it... it was one of the few courses which is strict abt attendance.... so... i attended 79.2% ... i shud have calculated better... coz all we need is 75 to write the end sem... all the fite i put for mid sem was

muggits the novel....

i love to write.. and bore down on all my friedns to read what i wrote... but of course.. here in iit... who has the time... events i do... but time i dont.. lots to talk of and lots to say... but to sit down n write... well packits... so... when for my HS406... i had to write a book reveiw.. i was glad... 1st to use it as an excuse to read a non acad book (which in my case was an intriguing work of fiction by Arthur Hailey called "wheels") and 2nd to finally force sometime to write something... but as i began writing the reveiw i could not put away all my sarcasim n blunt remarks.... well... finally i was writing it down like an article... now wat was the diff between as article and a book review...?? i dunno... all i thought was an article is interesting while book reveiw is boring... so here i go... i started deleting all the words that added to any sort of poetic effect or my unwanted comments and tried to make it as sober as i cud... well... i guess i achieved my purpose