Question

Find the summary of the poem the seven ages

Answer 1

here is the summary of the poem ....


world as a stage; the poet compares this world 2 a stage of a drama and the men and women are like stage artists. Men and women apper in the world for a short while 2 play their roles and then quit the stage for ever. a perso 's play acting begins with his infancy and ends with his sensility. roughly a person plays seven roles in his life time.

First and second role; The 1st role played by man is that of infant. he cries weakly and vomits milk in the arms of the nurse. he grows strong with the passage of time. then he plays the role of complaining and unwilling school boy. he goes 2 school with the speed of a snail, carrying a bag full of books. this is his second act.

Fourth and fifth role; in the 3rd act he plays the role of a lover, he sighs like a furnace for his sweethart. he sings mournful songs dedicated to his beloved. when he is young and strong, he joins the army and becomes a soilder. this is the fourth stage of his life. he keeps a beard like that of a leopard. he takes funny oaths by habit. he is very touchy and picks quarrels easily for the sake of honour. he is not afraid of death and danger in fighting for reputation.

Fifth and sixth role; his 5th role is that of a magistrate. he becomes pot-bellied because of eating chickens. he now stern. he quotes wise saying and latest instances 2 support his arguments. his 6th role begins when he becomes weak in health and thin in body. he then, wears loose trousers, long stocking and spectacles. his hoses are much too loose for his shrunk and thin legs. his once powerful voice loses its manlines and becomes as soft as taht of a child. when he speaks be produces piping or whistling sound.

Last stage; in the seventh stage he becomes an extremely old man. it marks the ends of his eventful life. he is toothless, forgetful and weak in eyesight. in fact, he is without anything and is ready to depart from this world.

Answer 2

$\large {\bold {THE \: SEVEN \: AGES}}$

This poem is written by "William Wordsworth".

The poet in this poem refers all this world is a stage. All the human beings are mere players. They take birth and die as in a play one enters and exits. Thus there is not much difference between a stage and the world.

Every man in the world has to play seven roles according to his age. At first, human comes into existence as an $\bold {infant}$ who is dependent on others and used to crying and vomiting in his mother's arms. After this, the infant grows into a $\bold {school \: boy}$ who always hates to go to school. He walks like a snail in a lazy manner as he does not like to read and write. He does not want to study.

Now the school boy comes in his $\bold {adolescence}$ age and he becomes a lover. He always burns like a furnace as he is not able to get his love and always sings sad songs which are made to his beloved's beauty. Then, this sad lover changes into a $\bold {Soldier}$. This is the time of his youth. He is full of courage and energy. He is full of jealousy for honour and often quarrels with others. Thus, this time for him to get reputation and prestige by showing his power and strength.

As a soldier, he never hesitate in going to the jaws of death, i. e., he is it always ready to do dangerous tasks. Then as his age grows, he lays the part of a $\bold {judge}$. Now he becomes familiar to the vices of the world. He exercises corruption and soon transforms as a fat man. False wisdom also seems to flow from his eyes. He gifts practical and modern examples to all of the people.

Now, his sixth stage of life begins. He grows $\bold {old}$ and becomes of lean fellow. He thinks of his age of youth and by now his hard voice becomes a whistling sound because all his teeth has fallen now.

Now, comes the last and final stage of a man that is, $\bold {senility}$. He grows much older. In his oldness he becomes an infant again, not from his body but from his habits. He losses his memory, eyesight, hearing power and at last dies. Thus all his parts of this worldly stage come to end.