William Shakespeare (excerpt from Tuesdays With Morrie, a best seller by contemporary writer Mitch Albom) | who wrote “All the World’s a Stage” (also called 7 stages of man/life) |
– Shakespeare describes a person’s lifetime in 7 stages and each of them is negative – light hearted/humorous | What is happening in this poem? |
Simile | what literary device is being used in this quotation “sighing like furnace” |
being born and dying (life and death) | what are the men and women’s entrances and exits? |
extended metaphor | metaphor that goes beyond one line |
Imagery (sight) | what literary device is being used in this quotation “mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms” |
Simile | what literary device is being used in this quotation “creeping like snail” |
infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice (judge of court), silly old man (70’s), elderly man (near death) | What are the 7 stages of man/life? |
negative | is each stage of man negative or positive? |
without | what does sans mean? |
happy/silly, a little sad | the mood of this poem goes from___________to_________ |
(Poetry Unit) All the World’s a Stage from As you Like it (a comedy) by: William Shakespeare
July 10, 2019