Poetry

Re: problems to find metaphor

Mister Micawber — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:40:12 GMT

You asked for examples, so that you could find others by yourself, so that is what I have done.

The first section is one long metaphor:

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.

Then there are several other metaphors and similes in the rest of the text-- which I hope you will find for yourself, since this is, after all, your homework and not mine. 'Pantaloon' is indeed a reference to the commedia dell'arte character; I suppose it could be considered a metaphor too.

Re: problems to find metaphor

Icebergcem — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:54:09 GMT

thanks are there other metaphors in it?For example I thought one ages of man is pantaloon in the poem.And pantaloon means silly.So may it be possible for me to think that is it a metaphor like comparing the world to a stage? Thankx again

Re: problems to find metaphor

Mister Micawber — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:44:17 GMT

All the world's a stage -- Metaphor: world = stage
creeping like snail-- Simile: a schoolboy moves as slowly as a snail

problems to find metaphor

Icebergcem — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:41:27 GMT

Hi my friends,

I have a presentation of William Shakespeare's ''The Seven ages of man'' in my English class.I read the poem and the teachers wants me to find outstanding metaphors and similes in it.I could not understand metaphors and similes subjects so I have difficulty in finding them.Here is the poem:

"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;
Then the whining school-boy, 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 honour, 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 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 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." â Jaques (Act II, Scene VII, lines 139-166)

I just want you to show me some examples of metaphors and similes so that I cand find others by myself.For example;I thought one age of a persone is compared to pantaloon.Is it a metaphor or not?I cannot get so much sure.Thank you.