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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
- Talk to your friend about all the things related to ‘Seven.’
For example: Seven wonders of the world. - Pair up with your partner and name those given below all of the under:
- The seven wonders of the world .............................................
- The seven continents .............................................
- The seven colours of the rainbow .............................................
- The seven notes of the music .............................................
- The seven seas of the world .............................................
Match the approximate ages with the stages.
| No. | Age-group | Stages | |
| 1 | Birth to 2 years | a | teenage/adolescence |
| 2 | 3 years to 12 years | b | old age/second childhood |
| 3 | 13 years to 17 years | c | middle-age |
| 4 | 18 years to about 44 years | d | babyhood/infancy |
| 5 | About 45 years to 60 years | e | senior citizen/elderly person |
| 6 | 65 years up to 75 to 80 years | f | adulthood |
| 7 | Above 80 years | g | childhood |
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
Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using word) of the following people.
School boy (2nd stage)
Think and write on your own.
Which two stages of man, described by Shakespeare, sound humorous? Say why.
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.
You will notice that there is no Rhyme-scheme in the poem. It appears similar to the poem 1.1 ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ by Tagore.
However Tagore’s poem has no steady rhythm/meter either it is called Free Verse. Shakespeare uses lines with a steady rhythm of 5 beats in each. It is termed as Blank Verse. (No rhyme-scheme but uniformity in rhythm)
Copy the lines from “Ánd all the men and women merely players” to “sudden and quick in quarrel”. Put a stress mark on each of the syllables stressed in the lines as for example, And all the men and women merely players;
