This poem analyzes William Shakespeare's "All the World's a Stage" by summarizing the key elements. It describes the poem's theme as being about the cycle of life from helplessness as an infant to the same state of helplessness in old age. The tone is somber and the mood is bleak and matter-of-fact in conveying how we ultimately end up in the same place. The poem also uses an extended metaphor comparing the world to a stage where people play roles throughout the stages of life. There is no rhyme scheme, making it a simple narrative poem.

1. All the World’s a Stage
(Poetry Analysis)
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2. Poem (Title Paraphrasing)
The world is a stage for human being, where they play
their different roles of life. In face human beings play
their parts in life, as characters play their roles on
stage.

3. Poem (Theme)
The theme of this poem is the cycle of life. How one
starts out helpless, without understanding and ends
the same way.

4. Poem (Tone)
The tone of this poem is somber. It shows how in the
end we all fall back into almost the same state we
were in as an infant.

5. Poem (Mood)
The mood of this poem is very "matter-of-fact" yet
bleak. It conveys the message that ultimately we end
up just as were to be begin with, HELPLESS.

6. Poem (Extended Metaphor)
This poem compares the world to one giant stage. He
states how all the men and women are merely
actors in this production and that they all have their
entrances and exits (life and death.) He goes on
to describe the stages of life from the first months of
life, to childhood, to the teenage years, to early
adulthood, to old age.

7. Poem (Rhyme Scheme)
There is no rhyme scheme in this poem. Simple a
narrative poem

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