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The Seven Ages of Man
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The Seven Ages of Man
Subject Matter, Theme
Subject: The subject is the lifetime of a man which is shown in seven stages: infant, child, lovestruck, soldier, mature man, elderly man, and death.
Theme: The theme is everybody matures and dies. We say this because the story is about the life cycle of a person who grows up and dies.
Technique
How does the poet communicate his/her idea?
Structure and Tone
Mood and Imagery
Structure: The structure of this story is blank verse, meaning that it has rhythm but no rhyme.
Tone: Everybody dies and some have mundane lifestyles.
Mood: As the readers, we felt that the atmosphere was dying and hoplessness.
Language - Imagery: The reader has a mental image of the stages because the story describes each stage vividly.
Example: "At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms."
Rhythm and Rhyme
Language - Rhythm: There is rhythm in the story, using stressed syllables to make the story more rhythmatic.
Language - Rhyme: There is no rhyme in "The Seven Stages of Man" written by William Shakespeare.