Home learning Poetry 4/09/09

1a:
The persona feels tired of teaching, angry and frustrated. The persona uses the literary device alliteration, to express his anger and frustration about the students unwillingness to learn. “Hate to hunt” shows an example of alliteration used by the persona. It shows his anger as he uses words like hate and hunt which has a aggressive meaning.
The person used metaphors such as “My pack of unruly hounds”. This shows how much hate the persona has towards his students. There is also an element of anger as he persona describes his students as animals which are rowdy and not obedient. “How long have they tugged the leash”, is another example of metaphor used by the persona. It makes the students seem like dogs which are on a leash. The students are uncooperative as they are endlessly pulling the “leash” and making the owner, in which, is the persona, angry.
Pun was also used. An example would be “quarry of knowledge”, in which the word quarry, is actually a place where rocks are mined, in this context, it makes use of the word quarry to make it as if the students are suppose to look and “dig” for their knowledge in the classroom. In the secondary paragraph, the word “sick” was also used. In this context, the word sick means that the persona was feeling tired and frustrated with his students as they were not behaving themselves. It shows the mental status of the persona not liking his job. The other meaning of sick refers to the physical status of feeling unwell, or having caught a disease or illness. In the 3rd paragraph, “fuel of life” is a pun as it makes it seem that the fuel is the amount of life he has left. In this context, “my last dear fuel of life”, makes it seem as though the persona is old or feeling extremely unhappy such that he has only a small and final portion of his life to live. The other meaning of fuel would be a type of energy used for vehicles to operate them. “Take the toll” is also a pun as it is a form of paying tax. In this context however, it makes it seem that the persona is deprived and depressed due to the fact that his students are unwilling to learn. It makes it seem that he has to pay a price for these students.

1b:
The tone of anger can be illustrated by the persona’s use of metaphor, personification as well as choice of words.
The persona uses metaphors such as “how long have they tugged the leash”, which shows the extent in which the persona hates and is extremely angry with his students such that he describes them as wild dogs or animals which are endlessly tugging the leash.
The use of personification can be seen from “My pack of unruly hounds”. He describes his students as animals and are extremely uncooperative, which results him in being very angry. Hounds are rowdy and disobedient, and pack refers to a group. Likewise, he describes his whole class of students which are rowdy as well as disobedient to a pack of hounds.
The use of choice of words are chosen carefully by the persona, such that he shows how angry he is. For example, “I can haul them no more”. The word “haul” has a violent action, in which it makes it seem that the persona is throwing his students, but in this context, it shows that he has given up forcing and urging his students to study. “Several insults of blotted pages” shows that his students do not take care of their books. This shows how unwilling the students want to learn, and this causes the persona to feel angry and use words such as “insults” and “blotted”, which shows how angry and insulted he feels that the students are treated their books this way. In the 3rd paragraph, the literary device choice of words are also used, as seen from “heap on my soul”. These carefully chosen words show that his students are a burden to him and are depriving him from succeeding. He finds them a torture to himself and is the cause of all his anger in his life. In 6th paragraph, a pun, as well as choice of words, were used. “Why should we beat our heads against the wall”. The phrase’s words are used to show the persona’s anger. The meaning of this in the context means to think hard and try to find a way. But in literal meaning, it means to forcefully knock their heads against a wall, which in result would cause much pain. The persona does not see any reason why he should try so hard to find a way to help his students, and in result hurt himself.

Article Review: Youth guilty of terror plot

This article is about a 23 year old US male, now known as Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, who sent videos of US landmarks abroad and plotting a terror attack in Europe. He may be sentenced up to 60 years in jail, together with his friend. His case will be heard October 15. Ehsanul Islam Sadequee even been to Canada to meet other militants, including the Al-Qaeda-inspired group. One of the evidence used against this young terrorist was that Sadequee sought to obtain a visa to relocate from Bangladesh to Sweden.

I feel that terrorist are unable to think for others. I also do not see a sensible reason and benefit the terrorist will obtain after causing chaos and fear to people. The terrorist just cause pain to others and want to make the world a worse place for living, which goes against the logic. Many terrorist also plan suicide attacks. Not only do they not benefit the world, they even have to pay with their lives.

When terrorist carry out their attacks, they are also unable to make their lives better as they have to hide for the rest of their lives as they will be constantly chased by the police. The 23 year old terrorist is so young and already hates the world so much and wants to make it worse, will not get a better life if this terrorist plot is carried out.

In conclusion, i do not see a need for terrorist to cause pain and hurt to others as in turn, their lives will also be destroyed.

My Favourite Food

My favourite type of food would be the popular roti prata, which is an Indian made dish. Roti prata is actually a Singaporean evolution of the Pakistani and Indian paratha which is a pancake bread. Roti means bread while Prata means flat, which is why roti prata is made of flour and is usually flat.

I have tried many kinds of prata, ranging from the pratas which are thin, round and flat, to cone shaped pratas which are extremely thin and crispy. However, i prefer the commonly found pratas which are round and flat as they are more filling and better tasting. My favourite type of pratas would be the plain and egg prata. I also prefer the curry to sugar as the curry makes the prata salty and makes it spicier.

Here is an picture of roti prata:

The special thing about roti prata is that it is prepared in a rather special way as it is constantly being pressed and tossed around to make it larger and flatter. That is why the prata is usually made infront of people to show this special way of preparing this dish. When receiving the roti prata from the stall holder, the fragrant of the roti prata together with the curry is absolutely mouth-watering.

However, there is a downside to this fabulous dish. It sometimes can cause a mess if not careful. Also, plenty of water is "required" as it is rather heaty and can cause a sore throat. But still, the roti prata is an absolutely marvellous dish which is both affordable and delicious.

Overall dish rating: 7.5/10