Xtra+Ponderables

//More questions and exercises in case you're bored://
Question 1: What is the tallest closed 3-dimensional object you can make from an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper? (Bonus: Estimate its surface area or volume using the metric system). Question 2: What is the largest volume closed 3-dimensional object you can create from an 8.5x11 sheet of paper? (Bonus: Estimate its volume using the metric system).

Post and discuss. :)

"//The Night before his Death" by Sir Walter Raleigh//
Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days! But from this earth, this grave, this dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust! "//100 English Poems," 1829 Edition.//

1 - What does Raleigh say people are paid with? 2 - Who shuts up the story of our days? 3 - What does this poem say about how people live their lives?