The Seven Ages
of Man
from the play,As You LikeIt
By WilliamShakespeare
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 puk
ing
in the nurse’s
Then
the whining schoolb
oy, with his satchel
And shining morning
face, creeping like
snail
lover,
Sighing
like furnace, fgjg
with
a woeful ballad
Made to his
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
And then the
justice,
In fair round belly
with good capon
lined,
Full of wise
saws and
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
For his shrunk
shank; and his big
manly voice,
Turning again toward
childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his
Last scene of all,
That ends this
strange eventful
history,
Is second childishness
and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans
eyes, sans taste,
Vocabulary Terminology
1. A lyric poem that tells a story – ALALBD
2. A fat chicken – ONPAC
3. Crying – EILMGNW
4. A school bag – HATESCL
5. Unhappy or sorrowful sound – FWEOUL
6. Refers to a stem or branch – IEPPS
7. Produces a high sharp sound – BELTER
8. Promises or pledges to accomplish – HAOT
9. Throwing up or vomiting due to sickness – GNUIPK
10.Display of unconsciousness or nothingness – BOILOINV
References:
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• http://anna-edu.com/seven-ages-of-man-conversation-and-reading-esl-lesson/
• https://genius.com/William-shakespeare-the-seven-ages-of-man-all-the-
worlds-a-stage-annotated
• https://www.slideshare.net/kyung2/english-5-word-bank

The seven ages of man