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Question
The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparisons from the poem.
- world - ____________
- actors - ____________
- birth and death - ____________
- school boy - ____________
- the lover's sigh - ____________
- spotted leopard - ____________
- last stage (old age) - ____________
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Solution
- world - stage
- actors - players
- birth and death - entrances and exits
- school boy - a snail
- the lover's sigh - a furnace
- spotted leopard - bearded soldier
- last stage (old age) - The second childishness
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