Seven Ages Of Man "Beautiful Summary as well as Conclusion" 333

INTRODUCTION OF Poet:

William Shakespeare is the greatest dramatist of English literature. He is not only a great dramatist but also a great poet. His superiority as a poet lies in this speech which is taken from his great work " As you like it" one of his most popular comedies.

THEME:

In this beautiful speech, William Shakespeare compares this world with the stage of drama and all human beings with actors. They come on the stage of the world when they take birth and leave it when they die. During the life every man plays seven parts. At the first he is infant when he vomits and cries in the arms of mother. In the next role he is seen as a school boy. Then he becomes a young lover. After this stage he becomes a soldier. At the fifth stage he plays the role of a judge. At the sixth stage he becomes a silly old man and the stage of man's life is marked with forgetfulness and leads a very miserable life.

LANGUAGE:

The language of the poem is very simple and beautiful, even an ordinary reader can understand it well. His selection of words is really Though it is in black verse, but it is full melody and music.

STYLE:

This speech is in black verse. There is enough regularity in the pattern of lines an their rhythm to make us feel; we are listening to poetry and yet there is so much freedom that we have the sensation of listening to a real speech.

Element OF VERSE:

In this speech Shakespeare has used metaphors very beautifully. In the very first line he uses metaphor and compares the world to a stage and all human beings to actors. His simile is also very beautiful such as "Creeping like snail " and " Sighing like furnace".

CONCLUSION:
Shakespeare was not only a great poet but also an great actor and this view of world as a stage and human beings as actors comes from a man who dedicated his life to theater. This idea has a universal appeal. He has surpassed all his in his beautiful speech. Which is undoubted by master piece passage of William Shakespeare. 

SEVEN AGES OF MAN (Speech)