Question

what is the message of poem "the seven ages"

Answer 1

Hi Veda, The Seven Ages of Man is an excerpt from Shakespeare’s play As You Like It. In this poem, Shakespeare has compared life to a stage and has divided life into seven stages. Each stage has its own varied qualities and features. The men and the women are termed as ‘merely players’ as no one lives forever but plays his or her part and departs. At birth, they enter a stage and during death, they leave it. I hope this helps. Happy Studying

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.