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It's not a poem, actually, but a speech given by Jaques, a depressed guy hanging around in the woods with the exiled Duke. The Duke tries to cheer Jaques up by pointing out that some people are worse off than he is. Jaques replies by saying that we just end up being the people we are because we are like actors following a script.

In other words, because of where the speech comes in the play, and the character which has been established for the guy who says it, we know that the tone of the speech will be depressed, sad and despairing. Taken out of context, you might not think so, which is why you need to look at it in context.

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