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प्रश्न
Think and write on your own.
What is the theme/central idea of this poem?
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उत्तर
The theme of this poem is the cycle of life. It tells us how one starts out as an infant, helpless and without understanding, and ends the same way. without being aware of what is happening around one.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
A1. Match the following:
| 'A' | 'B' | ||
| i. | Infant | a. | Act like the pard |
| ii. | Schoolboy | b. | Mewling and puking |
| iii. | Lovers | c. | Whining |
| iv. | Solider | d. | Sighing like furnace |
All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth
A2. Complete the following table:
| Stages of man | Role | Qualities/Action |
| First | ||
| Second |
A3. All the world’s stage:
a. Alliteration
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
(Choose the correct answer from the given options and explain the chosen figure of
speech)
Life is often compared to many things. Write down 7 things that life can be compared to and justify the comparison. For example,
- Life is a keyboard, because if you press the right keys you have typed a good destiny.
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Read the words in given table. Match them with what they signify.
| Stage | Birth |
| Characters | Situations/Incidents |
| Script | Story of Life |
| Dialogues | Death |
| Entry | Conversation |
| Exit | Roles played by human |
| beings | |
| Life |
Read the poem carefully and complete the following table.
| Ages of man | Role | Qualities/Actions |
| 1 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 2 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 3 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 4 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 5 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 6 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
| 7 | .......................... |
1. .......................... 2. .......................... |
Write down in your own words the difference between the following stages of a man’s life.
2nd stage and the 4th
Think and write on your own.
Which two stages of man, described by Shakespeare, sound humorous? Say why.
Think and write on your own.
The last (7th) stage of life sounds very sad and miserable. How can you make old age also cheerful and happy?
Read the summary of the play ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare using the Internet. Find out which character has narrated the above poem and on what occasion. Also, make a list of all the characters of the play.
Read the poem again and write an appreciation of the poem in a paragraph format.
Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format:
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All the World’s a Stage All the world’s a stage, - William Shakespeare |
Points:
- The title and the poet of the poem (01)
- Rhyme scheme (01)
- Figures of speech (01)
- Central Idea/Theme (02)
