Lesson 1b: My Favourite Poem. All the World's a Stage by William Shakespeare

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. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.


How are the figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use this figurative language?

Hyperbole:
All the world's
Mewling and puking
whining schoolboy
shining morning face
creeping like a snail
sighing like furnace
woeful ballad
full of strange oaths
bearded like the pard
even in the cannon's mouth
in fair round belly with good capon lined
wise saws and modern instances
lean and slippered pantaloon
youthful hose
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything

Personification:
-

Metaphor:
sighing like furnace
bearded like the pard

Simile:
creeping like snail
sighing like furnace
bearded like the pard

Symbolism:
stage


Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words on your Blogsite.
I like this poem "All the World's a Stage" by William Shakespeare. It uses interesting words that can capture our attention. The figurate language William Shakespeare uses in this poem can let us imagine in our minds what is actually happening on the "stage". Although he uses simple vocabulary for the similes, it can gain our attention just as well. William Shakespeare writes the poem like a story. In the poem, he phrases it just like he is telling a story. In this poem, he tells a story of how someone can play different roles on the "stage". Personally, I think that what he actually wants to express to us readers is that a person can actually treat people differently at different places and time. This tells us his views on how he thinks of some people in his life that does this.