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Appreciation of the poem "All the World's a Stage" - William Shakespeare

Answer 1

Answer:

In this poem, Shakespeare has compared life with a stage. He has used different words to beautify the poem in a wonderful way. He has taken this concept from medieval philosophy, which showed glimpses of several different groups as the seven deadly sins for theological reasons.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Appreciation

The poem All the World’s a Stage’ by William Shakespeare taken from Shakespeare’s play ‘As you like it. It is a monologue (a loud speech to oneself) by one of the characters in the play.

The poem is written in blank verse i.e. there is no rhyme scheme. but there is a steady rhythm of five beats (i.e. iambic pentameters each line. There are many figures of speech, like Simile, Alliteration and Repetition, but the one that stands out is Metaphor. In the lines, All the world’s a stage, And all men and women are merely players there is an implied comparison between two different things.

In this poem, Shakespeare compares life to a stage. He has divided life into seven stages each having its own varied qualities and features. The theme of the poem is the cycle of life. It tells us how one starts out as an infant, helpless, without understanding and ends the same way, without being aware of what is happening around one.

Figures of speech

All the world’s a stage.

Figures of Speech: Metaphor

Explanation: Here, The poet has indirectly compared the world to the stage of the theatre.

And all the men and women are merely players.

Figures of Speech: Alliteration

Explanation: Here, the sound of a is repeated for poetic effect.

And one man in his time plays many parts.

Figures of Speech: Inversion

Explanation: Here, the order of the words has been changed. The correct order is “And one man plays many parts in his time”.

They have their exits and entrances.

Figures of Speech: Metaphor

Explanation: Here, The poet has indirectly compared deaths and life to exits and entrances.

At first, the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.

Figures of Speech: Onomatopoeia

Explanation: Here, The word mewling denotes the sound of the cry of an infant.

creeping like a snail

Figures of Speech: Simile

Explanation: Here, the Poet has used a direct comparison between the schoolboy and snail.

Sighing like a furnace

Figures of Speech: Simile

Explanation: Here, the Poet has used a direct comparison between the deep breath and furnace.

Sighing like a furnace

Figures of Speech: Onomatopoeia

Explanation: Here, the word sighing denotes the sound of a lover’s deep breath which is similar to that of the furnace.

Sighing like a furnace with a woeful ballad

Figures of Speech : Transferred epithet

Explanation: The epithet ‘woeful’ has been transferred from the lover to the ‘ballad’.

with eyes severe and beard of formal cut.

Figures of Speech: Inversion

Explanation: Here, the order of the words has been changed for poetic effect. The correct order is “with severe eyes and formal cut beard.”.

His youthful hose well saved a world too wide.

Figures of Speech: Transferred Epithet.

Explanation: Here, the epithet “youthful” has been transferred from the old main to hose.

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

Figures of Speech: Repetition

Explanation: Here, the word ‘sans’ has been repeated for poetic effect.