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From your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions briefly in a sentence or two.(a) What is the world compared to?(b) “And they have their exits and their entrances” – What do the words ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ mean?(c) What is the first stage of a human’s life?(d) Describe the second stage of life as depicted by Shakespeare.(e) How does a man play a lover’s role?(f) Bring out the features of the fourth stage of a man as described by the poet.(g) When does a man become a judge? How?(h) Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?(i) Why is the last stage called second childhood? |
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Answer» (a) The world is compared to a stage. (b) ‘Entrances’ means life. ‘Exits means death. (c) The first stage of human life is “infant”. The babe on nurse’s arms pukes and mewls. (d) The second stage is school boy. The boy goes to school with a heavy heart like a snail. (e) As a lover, man sings serenades seeking the attention of his lady love. (f) In the fourth stage, man becomes aggressive and ambitious and seeks glory in all his pursuits. He is ready to enter the mouth of cannon for a moment of glory. (g) In the fifth stage, man grows mature and wise. He becomes an impartial judge. He is firm and serious about his opinions. (h) In the sixth stage, man becomes thin and weak. His fashionable dresses of youthful days have now become too lose to use for his shrunk shank (i.e.) legs that have become very lean with age. (i) The last stage is called the second childhood. The old man slowly loses all his senses. He requirs the support of a nurse or wife to do anything. In this stage, he departs from the world. |
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