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Seven Ages of Man

William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, was an English playwright, poet and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is famous for his plays and sonnets and is considered the world's greatest dramatist. In his poem "The Seven Ages of Man", Shakespeare describes the seven stages of a man's life from infancy to old age, portraying each stage through characteristic actions, behaviors and physical attributes.

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Seven Ages of Man

William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, was an English playwright, poet and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is famous for his plays and sonnets and is considered the world's greatest dramatist. In his poem "The Seven Ages of Man", Shakespeare describes the seven stages of a man's life from infancy to old age, portraying each stage through characteristic actions, behaviors and physical attributes.

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William Shakespeare- (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)- was an English playwright, poet and actor.

He is widely
regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.He is often called England's
national poet and the "Bard of Avon" .

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The Seven Ages of Man


by: William Shakespeare

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 puking in the nurse’s arms;
And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining 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 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 mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
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 slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward 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.

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