My own Decryption of "All the World's a Stage" impact and relevancy

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All the World's a Stage

Legend/Key -

Bold = Explanation of the line (not included in this as would be too large, please comment if you would like the full explanation)

Highlighted red = assonance

Underlined = alliteration

Highlighted green – rhyming word

Highlighted yellow - metaphor

Highlighted pink - personification

Impact/Relevancy -

This ballad originated from the pastoral comedy called “As you like it”. This ballad has a deeper meaning within it and is written as an extended metaphor comparing one’s life with a theatre act. We see this throughout the ballad with examples including: “And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages,” (lines 4-5 stanza 1). This suggests to the reader that an individual throughout the course of their life has many roles to play, and Shakespeare has used the main 7 parts of life: the helpless infant, the whining schoolboy, the emotional lover, the devoted soldier, the wise judge, and the old, capable man. This poem correlates to real life as we all go through these stages of life and that life can be easily compared to a performance as each person is given their own unique act to play (their life) that all plays into one big act (the world).

Credits to Joshua Rozario for combined work on the project.