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    Jacques compares the seven stages of a man's life to the seven ages of man in Shakespeare's poem. The stages are: 1) Infancy, where the man is a helpless baby. 2) Whining schoolboy stage, where he is reluctant to leave home. 3) The lover stage, where he expresses love in a foolish way. 4) The soldier stage, where he is easily aroused and seeks reputation through risk. 5) The justice stage, where he thinks he has wisdom and gains status. 6) Old age, where he becomes dependent and a target of jokes. 7) Second childishness in senility, where he needs

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    Jacques compares the seven stages of a man's life to the seven ages of man in Shakespeare's poem. The stages are: 1) Infancy, where the man is a helpless baby. 2) Whining schoolboy stage, where he is reluctant to leave home. 3) The lover stage, where he expresses love in a foolish way. 4) The soldier stage, where he is easily aroused and seeks reputation through risk. 5) The justice stage, where he thinks he has wisdom and gains status. 6) Old age, where he becomes dependent and a target of jokes. 7) Second childishness in senility, where he needs

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    Jacques compares the seven stages of a man's life to the seven ages of man in Shakespeare's poem. The stages are: 1) Infancy, where the man is a helpless baby. 2) Whining schoolboy stage, where he is reluctant to leave home. 3) The lover stage, where he expresses love in a foolish way. 4) The soldier stage, where he is easily aroused and seeks reputation through risk. 5) The justice stage, where he thinks he has wisdom and gains status. 6) Old age, where he becomes dependent and a target of jokes. 7) Second childishness in senility, where he needs

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    * SEVEN AGES OF

    MAN

    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

    * BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE


    POEM

    * This poem is an extract from Shakespeares

    play, As You Like It. It is in the form of a


    speech by a character named Jacques. In it,
    Jacques compares the world to a stage. On this
    stage, each man plays the drama of his life. His
    drama consists of seven acts. These acts
    correspond to the seven ages in a mans life.

    7
    AGES
    OF
    MAN

    Infancy: In this stage he is a


    helpless baby and knows little.

    Whining schoolboy: He is unwilling to leave


    the protected environment of his home as
    he is still not confident enough to exercise
    his own discretion.

    The lover: In this stage he is always


    maudlin, expressing his love in a
    fatuous manner. He makes himself
    ridiculous in trying to express his
    feelings.

    The soldier: He is very easily aroused


    and is hot headed. He is always working
    towards making a reputation for himself,
    however short-lived it may be, even at
    the cost of foolish risks.

    The justice: In this stage he thinks he


    has acquired wisdom through the
    many experiences he has had in life,
    and is likely to impart it. He has
    reached a stage where he has gained
    prosperity and social status. He
    becomes vain and begins to enjoy
    the finer things of life.

    Old Age: He is a shell of his former


    self both physically and mentally.
    He begins to become the butt of
    others' jokes. He loses his firmness
    and assertiveness, and shrinks in
    stature and personality.

    Second childishness: Senility;


    dependence on others.

    STRUCTURE
    *
    The poem is composed in free verse/ blank verse
    (poetry with an unryhmed iambic pentameter lines).
    The style is narrative.
    Rhyme:
    Internal rhyme: And shining morning face, creeping
    End rhyme: with a woeful ballad
    pouch on side
    bearded like pard
    a world too wide
    Comparison
    Metaphor is that figure of speech where comparison of
    two different things are implied but not clearly stated.
    Examples of metaphor in the poem are as follows,*All the worlds a stage
    *And all men and women are merely players
    *seeking the bubble reputation (reputation has been
    termed as short-lived like a bubble)

    Simile: A simile is a figure of speech in which two dissimilar objects are


    compared and the comparison is made clear by the use of terms like like, such
    as and so on. Examples of simile in the poem are,
    *Sighing like furnace
    *creeping like a snail
    Onomatopeia is a sound device used by the poets to suggests actions,
    movements and meanings.
    e.g. The hissing of the snake made me shoo it away, creeping snail
    Alliteration: Alliteration is the close repetition of the consonant sounds at the
    beginning of words to facilitate narration. Example of alliteration in the poem
    is,
    *shrunk shank
    *plays his part
    Assonance is the repetition of vowel sound w/in words
    e.g. shining morning face, creeping like snail; sudden and quick in quarrel
    Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds w/in and at the end of the
    words.
    e.g. Into the lean and slippered pantaloon
    Is second childishness and mere oblivion

    IMAGERY are vivid images, clear


    sounds and exact feelings
    conveyed by the poet/
    persona/speaker
    Mewling and puking- hungry
    Whining school boy- afraid of new
    environment
    Sudden and quick in quarrel- hot
    headed

    REPETITION words, phrases or


    lines are repeated to serve a
    purpose.
    SANS..What do you think is the
    purpose of repeating it four times?
    Does it help in the understanding
    of this poem?
    Find another examples.

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