write a summary of poem seven ages?

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All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques. The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a play, and catalogues the seven stages of a man's life, sometimes referred to as the seven ages of man: Infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon, and second childhood, "sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything". It is one of Shakespeare's most frequently-quoted passages. The man in the poem goes through these stages: • Infancy: In this stage he is a baby • Childhood: It is in this stage that he begins to go to school. He is reluctant 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 remorseful due to some reason or other, especially the loss of love. He tries to express feelings through song or some other cultural activity. • The soldier: It is in this age that he thinks less of himself and begins to think more of others. He is very easily aroused and is hot headed. He is always working towards making a reputation for himself and gaining recognition, however short-lived it may be, even at the cost of his own life. • The justice: In this stage he has acquired wisdom through the many experiences he has had in life. He has reached a stage where he has gained prosperity and social status. He becomes very attentive of his looks and begins to enjoy the finer things of life. • Old age: He begins to lose his charm — both physical and mental. He begins to become the brunt of others' jokes. He loses his firmness and assertiveness, and shrinks in stature and personality. • Mental dementia and death: He loses his status and he becomes a non-entity. He becomes dependent on others like a child and is in need of constant support before finally dying. Hope this answer helps you
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Shakespeare considers the world a stage and men and women actors on the stage of life. There are seven Acts like seven stages in a man’s life. A person performs multifarious roles in a single life-time. In the beginning, he is a baby crying in the arms of the nurse. Infancy is followed by school-going stage, when he is bright-eyed, trudging unwillingly to school. In the third stage, he grows into a lover, writing poems in praise of his beloved and sighing like a furnace. Then he plays the role of a soldier, who is rash, and who willingly sacrifices his life for honour. In the next role he is a Judge, well-fed, prosperous, fat and fierce-eyed. He is always in a mood of impressing others and is full of wise maxims. The next stage depicts man to be weak, thin, wearing spectacles and slippers. His clothes are loose and legs are thin and his voice is shrill like that of a child. At the end comes the last stage when he loses his memory, teeth, eyes, taste, infact everything. It is like a second childhood as he has to depend on others for everything. Thus ends the drama of his eventful life.
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This poem is by William Shakespeare he had compared human life as player where the people come and go.
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The poet compare the world to a stage of theatre.He compare men and women to players.The stage has both exits and entrances. so do have men and women in their deaths and birtha. Men and women come on this human stage in their births. They play their assigned roles in their life and go away in their deaths. The stages or actor played by them on this human stage are normally seven. The birth of a child is the First Act of the drama. The child as a baby cries and vomits in the nurse's arms. Soon he starts going to school. He goes to it with A shining face and with the school bag. However he goes to it unwilling creeping like a snail. This is his second act. The third act that he plays is that of a lover . He sighs like a furnace and sings some mournful song dedicated to his beloved. The fourth role is of a soldier. In it he sports a beard like that of a leopard. He is quick tempered in the matters of honour. He seeks reputation even at the risk of his life. He thus is not afraid of danger and death while fighting for the reputation. His reputationis however hollow and temporary like a bubble. The fifth stage begins when he is a judge. His body becomes fat with round and fleshy stomach like a fat chicken. His eyes are now harsh looking that is he has severe eyes and a formal cut. He becomes strict in his behaviour. He uses many instances and sayings to support his arguments of wisdom. The sixth stage begins when he becomes weak in health and thin in body. He now wears slippers, spectacles and clothes of his young age. These clothes are now very loose for his shrunk and thin legs. His voice becomes unmanly. He whistles when he speaks. He lisps like a children because he is toothless. He looks a comic figure. The last stage or seventh stage is of extremely old man. This scene shows him as helpless as a baby. He is toothless, forgetful and weak in eyesight. Infact he is without everything. He is worthless for everything. He departs from this world after 'acting' these seven roles of human life. Hope this summary helps you!!! REGARDS!!
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Shakespeare considers the world a stage and men and women actors on the stage of life. There are seven Acts like seven stages in a man?s life. A person performs multifarious roles in a single life-time. In the beginning, he is a baby crying in the arms of the nurse. Infancy is followed by school-going stage, when he is bright-eyed, trudging unwillingly to school. In the third stage, he grows into a lover, writing poems in praise of his beloved and sighing like a furnace. Then he plays the role of a soldier, who is rash, and who willingly sacrifices his life for honour. In the next role he is a Judge, well-fed, prosperous, fat and fierce-eyed. He is always in a mood of impressing others and is full of wise maxims. The next stage depicts man to be weak, thin, wearing spectacles and slippers. His clothes are loose and legs are thin and his voice is shrill like that of a child. At the end comes the last stage when he loses his memory, teeth, eyes, taste, infact everything. It is like a second childhood as he has to depend on others for everything. Thus ends the drama of his eventful life. I hope it was useful for all of you.
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Shakespeare considers the world a stage and men and women actors on the stage of life. There are seven Acts like seven stages in a man?s life. A person performs multifarious roles in a single life-time. In the beginning, he is a baby crying in the arms of the nurse. Infancy is followed by school-going stage, when he is bright-eyed, trudging unwillingly to school. In the third stage, he grows into a lover, writing poems in praise of his beloved and sighing like a furnace. Then he plays the role of a soldier, who is rash, and who willingly sacrifices his life for honour. In the next role he is a Judge, well-fed, prosperous, fat and fierce-eyed. He is always in a mood of impressing others and is full of wise maxims. The next stage depicts man to be weak, thin, wearing spectacles and slippers. His clothes are loose and legs are thin and his voice is shrill like that of a child. At the end comes the last stage when he loses his memory, teeth, eyes, taste, infact everything. It is like a second childhood as he has to depend on others for everything. Thus ends the drama of his eventful life.
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Widely acclaimed as a meditative poem, the Seven Ages by William Shakespeare captures the reality that a human being undergoes from birth to death. The poem mirrors the different stages in the life of a man and tries to universalise the feelings, moods and aspirations of human beings vis-a-vis the different stages of life. Replete with similes and metaphors, the poem shows Shakespeare's master craftsmanship as a poet other than a playwright. The poem opens with a profound observation loaded with meaning on the nature of the world we live in. The poet compares this world to a stage and men and women to the actors and actresses who have to play their roles as entrusted by Nature. As in a play, the playwright-poet mentions that our acts may be classified into the seven ages. We have simply to perform different roles in different ages as scripted by Nature. In the first stage, a human being is an infant. The infant pukes and murmurs in the nurse's arms. Subsequently, infancy gives way to the school going stage when a person having a face fresh like the morning walks reluctantly to the school with bags hanging on the shoulders. Post this stage, the stage of youth sets in when one experiences the feelings of love and romance. After this stage, an individual enters the phase when one has to fight against all odds like a soldier to make a living. At this stage he wants to be famous also. Having lived this stage, an individual enters a very mature phase when he assumes the role of a detached judge and advisor sharing wisdom and knowledge, gleaned from experience, with others. After this stage,the individual experiences the old age. His /her legs become thin and lean, voice starts trebling. At last, the poet describes how an individual enters the last stage of one's life which is comparable to second childhood. At this final stage , an individual without teeth,eyes,taste and everything, is once again dependent on others and having acted in so many roles gets ready to exit from the stage of this world through the process of death.
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summary of seven ages isthat every has to play seven roles
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the poem shows that everything in the world is momentary and not everlasting. everything compleats its cycle in a fixed span of time.just like for the success of a play all actors have to work together, similarly, for the success of life, everyone has to live each stage successfully.the poem is a comparison of life and drama
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it is a nice poem
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what kind of a life does the poet wish to lead describe in about 75 words
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