Redemption IV: My Favourite Season of ALL

Fall in Vermont was the most memorable of all. Fall in New York State was vibrant and alive. But, Fall in Cape Girardeau stays with me and grows on me. I could still feel the leaves at my feet as I trudged downhill back to my abode; The soft wind lifting my hair as I looked at the opposite bank of the Mississippi River.
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never get it?

Redemption III: My brain Retards, My mind Perplexes - The Punch from Ode on a Grecian Urn.

When I first read Ode on a Grecian Urn, my mind refused to cooperate. It went numb. It took me a long while to slowly unravel the beauty of the poem.

What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.

Redemption II: I am Negro, I am Negro.........Say what???

Every semester I would be informed that the poem "Negro" by Langston Hughes is one that exasperates many. They Googled, and they Googled, and they Googled. The end result is, they find loads of information on other "Negro" but not the Negro they have been assigned with.

I am ecstatic. For once you have to rely on your own interpretations without relying on what others have said. Switch on your creative and critical thinking knob and share with the rest of the community what you have discovered about Negro.

Redemption 1: Love in Keat's Bright Star and Shakespeare's Sonnet 55 and 64

Love laughs. Love hurts. These are the two dichotomies of love we encounter everyday in our lives. Love is never stagnant and if Lovers do not saunter together with Love, Love will leave them behind.Such is Love.....

Therefore, to understand the elusive qualities of Love I would like you to look at the ideas of Love shared by Keats in Bright Star and Shakespeare in Sonnet 55 and 64.

Micro teaching session in UPM

I am organizing 2 days of micro teaching at UPM on 9 April 2011 and 16 April 2011. After the final last weekend I have another 3 weeks to complete whatever evaluation I have failed to realize prior to the finals. This is my invitation for you to complete the 2nd evaluation for this course. There are 4 sessions on each day but i recommend you to come for the 11.00 - 13.00 session. Please let me know if you are taking up on this offer.

Micro teaching: the long awaited news

Hello to the hearts
constantly desire
a line or two
the vow given
not so long ago
and unleash these asphyxiation feel



So, here ladies and gentlemen, the topic for your micro teaching. See you on 27 February 2011

Course : LHE 3252 Teaching the Language of Poetry
Semester : Kedua 2010/2011
Topic : Micro Teaching



Matric no Name Topic

1. J34052 Iszaiezham Bin Ismail Dover Beach
2. J36340 Sivasanghari a/p Nadarajan Anthem for Doomed Youth
3. J36470 Norul Faraliza Binti Abdul Gany Wild Swan at Coole
4. J40720 Bong Lee Lee The Man He Killed
5. J40722 Levina Anak Tong Keng To Autumn
6. J40724 Noriah Bt Mohamed Sailing to Byzantium
7. J40727 Rosila Binti Ismail Because I Could Not Stop
for Death
8. J40729 Siti Nor Fazidah Binti Tahir Mending Wall
9. J40730 Subashini A/p Shanmugam Ode to Nightingale
10. J40802 Safiah Bt. Abdul Hamid Sonnet 64
11. J40803 Nachammal a/p Singaradivelu Ode on a Grecian Urn