William Shakespeare's poem "The Seven Ages of Man" describes the seven stages of a man's life. It begins with infancy, characterized by crying, then moves to the whining schoolboy. Next comes the lover, then the soldier seeking glory in battle. Following is the justice, and then old age as a pantaloon. The poem ends with a description of the frailties of extreme old age and death.

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Sabaldan
Castones
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2. The Seven Ages of Man
By: William Shakespeare
All the world’s stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exit and 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 shinning 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 strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation

3. Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with a good capon lin’d,
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 slipper’d pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side
His youthful hose well sav’d, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again towards 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

4. • A lyric poem that tells a story
– Ballad
• A fat chicken
– Capon
• Crying
– Mewling
• Promises or pledges to accomplish
– Oath
• Display of unconsciousness or
nothingness
– Oblivion

5. • Throwing up or vomiting due to
sickness
– Puking
• A school bag
– Satchel
• Refers to a stem or branch
– pipes
• Produces a high sharp sound
– Treble
• Unhappy or sorrowful sound
– Woeful

6. New/He
avy
/Loade
d word
Meaning Sentence
Mewlin
g
To cry
weakly
The tiny kitten
mewled for its mother.
Oblivio
n
State of
being
unaware
For two weeks each
year the stressed-out
couple enjoy the
blissful oblivion that
comes with a vacation
at the beach.