Balbharati solutions for इंग्लिश कुमारभारती [इंग्रजी] इयत्ता १० महाराष्ट्र राज्य मंडळ chapter 1.4 - All the World’s a Stage [Latest edition]

• 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:
  1. The seven wonders of the world .............................................
  2. The seven continents .............................................
  3. The seven colours of the rainbow .............................................
  4. The seven notes of the music .............................................
  5. The seven seas of the world .............................................

Life is often compared to many things. Write down 7 things that life can be compared to and justify the comparison. For example,

1. Life is a keyboard, because if you press the right keys you have typed a good destiny.
2. ........................................................
3. ........................................................
4. ........................................................
5. ........................................................
6. ........................................................
7. ........................................................

Match the approximate ages with the stages.

Read the words in given table. Match them with what they signify.

Read the poem carefully and complete the following table.

Write down in your own words the difference between the following stages of a man’s life.

2^nd stage and the 4^th

Write down in your own words the difference between the following stages of a man’s life.

3^rd stage and 5^th stage

Write down in your own words the difference between the following stages of a man’s life.

1^st stage and 7^th (last) stage

Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using word) of the following people.

School boy (2nd stage)

Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using word) of the following people.

Soldier (4^th stage)

Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using word) of the following people.

Judge (5^th stage)

Pick out lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using word) of the following people.

Senior citizen (6^th stage)

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;

Think and write on your own.

What is the theme/central idea of this poem?

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?

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

world - .............

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

actors - ............

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

birth and death - ..................

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

school boy - ..............

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

the lover’s sigh - ............

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

spotted leopard - ............

The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.

last stage (old age) - .............

Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.

Simile

Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.

Onomatopoeia

Pick out from the poem two examples of each.

Alliteration

Pick out from the poem two examples of each.

Metaphor

Pick out from the poem two examples of each.

Inversion

Pick out from the poem two examples of each.

Transferred Epithet

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.