Seven Ages Of Man
Seven Ages of Man
William Shakespeare
Learning objectives:
•Investigate the emotions and messages attached to the poem
•Acquire knowledge of poetry terms
•Recognise the effects poetic devices achieve in the poem
•Collaborate in pairs to write your own poem based on seven stages of another subject
What lies ahead…
• In your books, write down what you think your life will be like in:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10
20
30
40
50
years years years years years
“All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William
Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the character,
Jaques
Aspects of Shakespeare’s language – what are they?
IMAGERY
ALLITERATION
SIMILE
LANGUAGE
TECHNIQUES
PUNS
METAPHOR
How many will you be able to identify in the monologue?
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
What technique is this? Answer:
Metaphor
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. What image do we get of the baby and the schoolboy? Explain why.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snailIdentify a simile Unwillingly to school.
What does this simile mean?
And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful
Made
balladto his mistress' eyebrow. You’re lovely. I love you. Let me sing you a love song… I’m the bravest person I know…
Really, I am…
• Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
What technique is
Seeking the bubble reputation this? Even in the cannon's mouth. Can you think of an alternative one? What does this phrase suggest?
And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
Describe him with 2 adjectives of your own With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part.
I’m very important and have
William Shakespeare
Learning objectives:
•Investigate the emotions and messages attached to the poem
•Acquire knowledge of poetry terms
•Recognise the effects poetic devices achieve in the poem
•Collaborate in pairs to write your own poem based on seven stages of another subject
What lies ahead…
• In your books, write down what you think your life will be like in:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10
20
30
40
50
years years years years years
“All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William
Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the character,
Jaques
Aspects of Shakespeare’s language – what are they?
IMAGERY
ALLITERATION
SIMILE
LANGUAGE
TECHNIQUES
PUNS
METAPHOR
How many will you be able to identify in the monologue?
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
What technique is this? Answer:
Metaphor
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. What image do we get of the baby and the schoolboy? Explain why.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snailIdentify a simile Unwillingly to school.
What does this simile mean?
And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful
Made
balladto his mistress' eyebrow. You’re lovely. I love you. Let me sing you a love song… I’m the bravest person I know…
Really, I am…
• Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
What technique is
Seeking the bubble reputation this? Even in the cannon's mouth. Can you think of an alternative one? What does this phrase suggest?
And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
Describe him with 2 adjectives of your own With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part.
I’m very important and have