Question

How does the poet compares man's life with different stages as given in the poem 'The Seven Ages'

Answer 1

How does the poet compares man's life with different stages as given in the poem 'The Seven Ages'?

The poem 'William Shakespeare' compares man's life with seven different stages. First, a man is born as a child. Soon, he goes unwillingly to school like a snail. Then he becomes a lover. He burns himself for giving happiness to others like a furnace. The fourth stage is of a soldier, where he fights to give defence to his other family members in the form of a bubble reputation. In the fifth stage, he burns becomes a judge, sits at one place to monitor others and gives direction and justice to all. In the sixth stage he becomes too weak physically. He whistles while speaking. He looses his teeth, sight, taste and strength. In the seventh stage he moves out of this world in the form of death.