All the World's a Stage (Part 2) - Nereen Dmello | Biblioteka

Hello boys! Welcome back! I hope you are fine and so is your family and all your friends.

In the previous class, we went through the poem - All the world's a stage and got a brief understanding that the infant, school boy, lover, soldier, justice, aged person and finally enter into the second childhood.

Today, we will get a better understanding of each role or stage in life and what are the characteristics of these stages and finally what exactly is the poet trying to convey through this poem.

Before we begin with the poem - make sure you have your textbook, a pencil (to write the meanings) or a notebook and a dictionary with you. In case you come acorss any difficult words you can always look it up in the dictionary or make constructive use of a cellphone and search the meaning of the word online.

The videos that follow give us an understanding of each stage. You are expected to write the explanation as it could be asked in the exams. You can pause the video while doing so. Do not to forget to answer the questions that follow, for better understanding of the poetic devices used. Let's begin then.

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1. Pick another word for 'players' used in the poem

sportspersons

actors

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2. The whinning school boy was _______________________

enthusiastic to go to school

unwilling to go to school

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3. Match the words in Column 1 to the synonyms in column 2

Stavka koja se može prevući		Odgovarajuća stavka
ages		sad or unhappy
ballad		time periods
woeful		baby
infant		a poem or song

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4. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: "All the world's a stage"

Metaphor

Alliteration

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5. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: At first, the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms

Personification

Onomatopoeia

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6. What is the lover's sigh (a long deep breath) compared to?

burning furnace (a place where material is heated)

eyebrow

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1. The soldier was full of __________________

false promises

starange oaths

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2. Why is the reputation like a bubble? (3 reasons)

It is short lived (just like a bubble can easily burst)

It gets bigger day by day (like when you blow air into a bubble)

Man goes to an extent and would take any risk, even if it is not worhtwhile (just like there is no extent to the size of a bubble)

Man would stare in the face of danger to buid his reputation (just like we would take the risk of the bubble bursting on our face while trying to extend it)

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3. Pick out lines that contain Imagery (picture) about the soldier. (any three)

bearded like a pard (leopard)

jealous in honour

sudden and quick in quarrel

even in the canon's mouth

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4. Pick out lines that contain Imagery (picture) about the justice. (any two)

In fair round belly with good capon lined

With eyes severea and the beard of formal cut

Full of wise saws and modern instances

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5. Pick out the figure of speech in the line: ' Then a soldier full of strange oaths and bearded like a pard"

Metaphor

Simile

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6. Pick out the figure of speech in the line: With eyes severe and beard of formal cut

Alliteration

Inversion

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7. Match the words with their meanings:

Stavka koja se može prevući		Odgovarajuća stavka
saws		facial hair
beard		sayings

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1. What has the last stage been compared to?

Lover

Second childishness

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2. Pick out lines that contain Imagery (picture) about the sixth stage. (any two)

And whistles in his sound

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

his big manly voice

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3. Pick out the figure of speech in the following line: 'Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

Alliteration

Hyperbole

The video below summarizes the entire poem. You could note down this message for your critical appreciation.

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With reference to the entire poem, match the clues with the stafe of life mentioned in the poem.

Stavka koja se može prevući		Odgovarajuća stavka
lover writing ballads		Stage 1
infant vomiting		Stage 2
The fair round belly of the justice		Stage 3
child unwilling to go to school		Stage 4
The spectacles on the nose		Stage 5
The last scene is second childishness		Stage 6
Foul mouthed soldier		Stage 7

We conclude with the explanation of the poem. Please attempt the questions under English Workshop. We will discuss it in the next class.

Take care boys! Thank you!