Comments on poetry

My favourite was the one by ee cummings. It shifted between words like "flunking, boohooing" and serious descriptions of the Greek mythology. Pablo Neruda's poem is repetitive and unique. "If" is inspiring and serious but long and does not grab attention. Both the poems by Robert Frost poems were great. The Fire and Ice delivered its message succintly. The poem by Robert Burns was difficult to follow at first as it was by a Scottish poet. Shakespeare's poet was nice and had a great rhythm and strict metre like all of his other sonnets.

- Sowmya S Sundaram

Check list to ensure the obsession of Harry Potter

Yes/No

1. Have you read all the seven books of Harry Potter atleast seven( the powerful magical number after all ) times?

2. Have you bought all the heavily-overpriced seven Harry Potter books even though you know that the ebooks are available on the internet?

3. Have you constructed a timeline of events in which the series is set? ( of course, you can overlook the complications of the time turner )

4. Have you complained to every Hari and Ram (please note the pun - Harry and Ron ) that the thought of a Harry Potter movie terrifies you as it will most certainly mutilate the book?

5. Have you watched each of the movies and bought all the DVDs anyway and put up a movie still as your profile picture on FB?

6. Have you ensured that you go to bed thinking of Harry Potter and/or J.K. Rowling to tempt a beautiful dream set in Hogwarts or involving a fantasy about you meeting the characters in person?

7. Have you plastered your walls with posters of Harry Potter even though you hate the blatant merchandising and sneakily shifted them to the inside of your cupboard when your parents get annoyed and ask you to take them off?

8. Have you convinced any Muggle (non - magic folk, or in this case , a Harry Potter illiterate) to read the books and converted that person into a fan as obsessed as you are?

- Sowmya S Sundaram