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Hose were the tight fitting woollen "trousers" worn in Elizabethan times. They were held up at the top by being tied to the bottom of the doublet (jacket). In the speech Shakespeare is saying that the old man in the sixth age whose well-preserved hose "his youthful hose" from his well fed earlier life "with fair round belly" would be too big for his spindly old legs.

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The phrase "All the world's a stage" is a phrase from a speech in the William Shakespeare play As You Like It. It is spoken by the melancholy character Jacques and is sometimes called the "seven ages of man" speech. It starts "All the world's a stage/ And all the men and women merely players/ They have their exits and their entrances/ And each man in his time plays many parts/ His acts being seven ages."

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All the worlds a stage - William shakespeare because you could not?

'All the world's a stage' is indeed a Shakespearean quotation, but what are you asking by saying 'because you could not'?


What is the base meter of all the worlds a stage by William shakespeare?

The base meter of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" monologue is iambic pentameter. This means each line consists of five pairs of syllables, with the stress falling on every second syllable. This meter helps create a rhythm and natural flow to the speech.


What happens in the last scene of the play in all the worlds a stage?

The phrase "All the world's a stage" was famously used by William Shakespeare in a speech given by the character Jaques in his play As You Like It. This is a comedy, so unsurprisingly, in the last scene about four couples get married by the god of marriage, Hymen.


What topics should be covered in the presentation all the worlds the stage?

It's a speech. If you present it, you use the words Shakespeare wrote. You do not add any topics to what is contained in the piece.


When was all the world's a stage published by William shakespeare?

"All the world's a stage" is the first line of a rather lengthy speech delivered by the character Jaques in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. Although it is frequently anthologised, the speech must be taken in the context of the drama in which it appears. As You Like It was first published as part of the omnibus volume called the First Folio in 1623.


Was All the world's a stage by William Shakespeare an analogy?

No, it is not.


When did shakespeare write all the worlds a stage?

Shakespeare wrote As You Like It, from which those words are quoted, around 1600.


Is all the worlds a stage a poem or sonnet?

It is neither. It is a speech, extracted from the play As You Like It by William Shakespeare. It is poetic, but it is not a poem since it is not intended to stand alone as a poem. It is not a sonnet--it does not rhyme as all sonnets do.Just for your info: If something is a sonnet then, believe me, it has to be a poem as well. Guaranteed.


Who was the one who said that world is a stage play?

William Shakespeare


Short version of who said all the worlds a stage and all men and women merely players?

The short answer is Jaques, the melancholy friend of the elder Duke, in William Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It.'


What is groundling and why does it realate to William Shakespeare?

Groundlings were theatre spectatiors who stood at ground level around the stage during the time of William Shakespeare


Who is the writer of All the world's a stage?

William Shakespeare, in the play "As you like it".