Are there any metaphors in the poem "Afterlife" by Sara Teasdale?or any other poetic devices

There is no magic anymore,

We meet as other people do,

You work no miracle for me,

Or I for you.

You were the wind and I the sea--

There is no splendor any more,

I have grown listless as the pool

Beside the shore.

But though the pool is safe from storm

And from the tide has found surcease,

It grows more bitter than the sea,

For all it surcease.

In "After Love" by Sara Teasdale, the words in bold are metaphors.  In the first stanza, magic and miracle are metaphors that in which the figurative comparisons are named, but the literal are not.  Magic is a metaphor for the esctatic feelings of the lover for another, but the speak no longer has these feelings.  Likewise, miracle suggests the feelings that transform her as a person of great joy and happiness when she sees her lover.

In the second stanza, there are two metaphors that name both the literal and the figurative meanings:  the lover as the wind and the speaker being the sea, with a tide of emotions--an implication that the speaker has been energized by the love, driven by him. Now, without him, she is merely a pool of standing water that has grown "listless as the pool" [simile] without the excitement of the tide, the lover.

Finally in the third stanza, the speaker does not find happiness--only "surcease" without the lover--for without him the pool becomes "bitter" [personification] in spite of all its peace and sucease.  It stagnates.

Name and discuss three ways in which the word Earnest is interpreted)This question is based on the play: The importance of being Earnest by Oscar...

To be "Earnest" is to be sincere, and honest. However, in a play of "trivialities", the opposite of what is said is what is true. In this particular aspect, when at the end it says

 Lady Bracknell:    “My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of triviality.”
Jack:    “On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”

What is really happening is that Earnest is giving credit to the idea of the hypocritical Victorian society which claims its own earnestness, honesty, and virtue, but lives a double life (much like Earnest himself) of snobbery, and shallowness.

Another meaning for Earnest, is "serious", yet, the relationship between he and Algy is not a serious one at all- they both go and eat out, rake huge bills, and they even hide their alter egos from each other until the moment Algy discovers that Earnesta is also named "Jack (in the country)". Therefore, it is another triviality that someone whose name and rank in life as a guardian and landowner means seriousness, also happens to live a life of debauchery and aloofness. It is specifically stated when Algernon says:

Algernon. You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn’t Ernest.

The final meaning of Earnest that I can think of is "worthy of trust", as his name is "Earnest Worthing". This is a suggestion, as it is known that the name "Worthing" could have been used because it was the place where Wilde wrote the play. However, the fact that his name was Earnest Worthing made Gwendolyn feel "vibrations" and when she said:

Gwendolen. Jack?… No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces absolutely no vibrations… I have known several Jacks, and they all, without exception, were more than usually plain. Besides, Jack is a notorious domesticity for John! And I pity any woman who is married to a man called John. She would probably never be allowed to know the entrancing pleasure of a single moment’s solitude. The only really safe name is Ernest.

However, scholars also argue that the name "Earnest" is a code word for Uranian, which is a secret homosexual term used by the literati back in Victorian times, which originated in Germany. Being that Wilde loved to play with codes, it is assumed that the entire play was an allegory to his own personal life, and that he used code words as signals to his Uranian followers to take a different perspective in the story.

Comment on the use of irony in Antony's speech in Act III of Julius Caesar.

Antony uses much verbal irony (says one thing but means another as an indirect means of persuasion).  His overall goal is to rally the people behind him, his words, and Caesar, but Antony says just the opposite: "Let me not stir you up / To such a sudden flood of mutiny."

There are three types of verbal irony: sarcasm, overstatement, and understatement. See examples below:

Sarcasm: "The noble Brutus."

Sarcasm: "Brutus is an honorable man."

Overstatement: "O, you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him (him)!"

Overstatement: "...put a tongue / In every wound of Caesar that should move / The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny."

Understatement: "You are not wood, you are not stones, but men."

Understatement: "The evil that men do lives after them."

Understatement:"I am no orator..."

Explain with reference to context the following lines from Hamlet.'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself...

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the lines you quote are from Act 3.2.356-360. 

Before Hamlet speaks these lines, he gets the proof he's been waiting for that the Ghost is telling him the truth and that Claudius is definitely guilty of assassinating King Hamlet. 

In these lines Hamlet emphatically claims that he is now ready for action.  He's ready to get revenge and kill Claudius.

Specifically, Hamlet says that it is the witching hour, the dead of night, the time of night when graves and graveyards open and hell breathes stench upon the world.  Now could he drink hot blood and do things (like kill Claudius) that the day would be afraid to look at. 

Of course, Hamlet doesn't immediately act and get his revenge.  He has an opportunity when Claudius is alone and praying, but Hamlet does not want to send Claudius to heaven by killing him just after he's confessed his sins.  By failing at this point, Hamlet brings about the catastrophe at the conclusion of the play, resulting in many more deaths than necessary. 

What are some techniques for making the customer feel that he or she is No. 1?(ie.) Customer Service Skills

The most important requirement of making the customer feel that he or she No. 1, is to realize that the customer satisfaction is most important for success of any business. Once top management of a company is convinced about this truth, it must educate all its employees about the importance of the customer. Customer satisfaction is the result of contribution of all the employees in the company, and unless they all believe in and strive to achieve total customer satisfaction, the company cannot make each and every customer feel that he or she is being treated as No. 1. The previous post has indicated the need of being genuine with customers. This quality of "being genuine" requires conviction of this type.

Once the organization is steeped in the basic philosophy of the importance of customer, the every one in the organization will automatically strive to treat every customer as No. 1, rather than just make him feel that he or she is being treated like one. To satisfy the customer  it is necessary to be clear about the way in which the organization is striving to please the customer. An organization cannot meet each and every requirements of every customer. The customer satisfaction is possible only when customer is clear about what to expect from the organization and finds that his or her expectations are being met. The expectations of a customer in a fast food restaurant, and in a sophisticated seven star restaurant are quite different, and each needs to satisfy its customer in a different way.

All the previous steps only prepare the foundation for providing top class customer service. These steps are important without which no real achievement is possible. The detailed work of actually satisfying the customer follows after the foundation is ready. This involves several actions. The first is to design and install suitable systems and procedures in the organization that can deliver the required level of customer service. Implementation of these procedure require right kind of capable people who are properly motivated. This requires right kind of human resources management in the organization. Another important aspect is the service control and service recovery processes. Thing do not always move as planned. Therefor it is necessary to regularly monitor the actual work against plans and take necessary corrective action for improvement as desired.

Also, treating customer as No. 1, does not mean that a company can never fail. The work in an average organization is too complex and there are too many uncertainties involved to eliminate all possible mistakes and accidental shortfalls in customer service. The right way to deal with such unavoidable shortfalls in customer service to have suitable service recovery procedures that take prompt and effective action to set right what has gone wrong, and compensate the customer for any inconvenience or losses incurred.

What does the author mean by "Better an unjust God than an indifferent one?in reference to "The Perils of Indifference"

I think is what the author is trying to say is that it is better that there is a God who cares than one who does not care at all.

The word "unjust" means that sometimes things happen that cannot be justified. Bad things happen to good people. We do not know why God has chosen to take someone away from us or let bad things happen to them. To us, it is very unjust.

Indifferent simply means that it does not make a difference either way. It implies that God doe snot care. Even if we cannot understand why God has chosen something, he has done it for some reason.

God offers serenity to many people. Faith is also a very important concept here. People who believe in God have faith and they trust that whatever decisions God has made, they are just.

Describe 'Computer Fraud' and give a simple example of what a student working with IT in a school/college should look out for?

Computer Fraud is the utilization of a computer as a way to access any form of intelligence that is meant to be privileged, private, controlled, limited and safeguarded via illegal and illicit ways.

These ways include scams, hacking, misrepresentation, stealing identities, breaking security codes, or accessing off limits areas using someone else's privileges. A very delicate type of fraud includes using someone else's computer to produce hoaxes, bullying e-mails, or even chain letters and money scams.

A student of IT has to realize that their computers and the technological privileges that they will obtain in the corporations that will hire them put them in a very critical and delicate position where their own professional integrity and etiquette will weigh in. As the protectors of the company's information backbone, they will need to trust no one and accept that they may become targets, and their information might be hacked by someone at some point.

Therefore, the IT professional literally holds the key to the personal, private, public, financial, legal, and ethical information of an entire business. It is important that students of IT understand their roles and how important their personal and professional integrity will be for the benefit of their corporations. They definitely are the most important elements of future fields.

High school students of IT have to protect their passwords and keep their private information away from the computers in which they work because anyone could steal this information by stealing their passwords, or by hacking their computer. Protection is key and what is private should remain private. Using the rights to access information properly saves a lot of time and work in the long run.