You mean the "Seven Ages of Man", a speech by Jaques, a character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It. The speech goes as follows:
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 his nurse's arms,
Then the whining schoolboy with his satchel
And his 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 the 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. Then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
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 saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in its sound. Last stage of all
That ends this strange eventful history
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
"The seven ages of man" is a name given to a speech said by Jaques in Shakespeare's play As You Like It. It is often anthologised separately from the rest of the play, giving the impression that it is a stand-alone piece. In the speech Jaques implies that everyone is just a caricature, following through the stages of infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, elderly man and senile old wreck.
It is from the comedy As You Like It.
it is from as you like it, by Shakespeare
The speech called "The Seven Ages of Man" is from a play by William Shakespeare called As You Like It. That play contains more songs than any other Shakespeare play. That is to say, William Shakespeare wrote the lyrics to the following songs to be performed in the play: "Under the Greenwood Tree", "It Was a Lover and his Lass", "Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind", "What shall he have that killed the deer?" and "Wedding is great Juno's crown". The music written by Thomas Morley to sing "It Was a Lover and his Lass" in Shakespeare's lifetime still exists and it is a great song. One of the verses of "Under the Greenwood Tree" is sung by Jaques, the same character who delivers the "Seven Ages" speech., so that is probably the song most closely related to the speech. If Morley wrote music to that one we no longer have it, but the setting by the Barenaked Ladies in 2005 is superb. (Check YouTube to hear it)
"Shrunk shank" is the best.
Infant - mewling and pewking Schoolboy - whinig and shining Lover - sighing Soldier - swearing and quarreling Justice - fat and bearded Pantaloon - bespectacled and shrunk Second childhood - out of it
No, Shakespeare was born after the Middle Ages ended.
It is pretty hard to describe them better than Shakespeare already did.
"Mewling and puking" comes to mind.
William Shakespeare
The alliteration words in the "Seven Ages of Man" speech by William Shakespeare include "mewling and puking" and "whining schoolboy." These are examples of alliteration, which is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
The fifth stage in Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" speech is the justice, or soldier, stage. It represents a period of life focused on duty, honor, and responsibility, where the individual plays roles such as protecting and defending others.
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In the "Seven Ages of Man" speech by William Shakespeare, the personification can be seen in the metaphorical descriptions of each stage of life as a different act in a play. Each age is personified as a character entering and exiting the stage of life. Additionally, the stages themselves are personified as they are given human-like qualities and actions.
The overall tone of William Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" speech from As You Like It is reflective and contemplative as it explores the stages of life from infancy to old age. It presents a somber yet realistic view of the passage of time and the different experiences one goes through in life.
The speech called "The Seven Ages of Man" is from a play by William Shakespeare called As You Like It. That play contains more songs than any other Shakespeare play. That is to say, William Shakespeare wrote the lyrics to the following songs to be performed in the play: "Under the Greenwood Tree", "It Was a Lover and his Lass", "Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind", "What shall he have that killed the deer?" and "Wedding is great Juno's crown". The music written by Thomas Morley to sing "It Was a Lover and his Lass" in Shakespeare's lifetime still exists and it is a great song. One of the verses of "Under the Greenwood Tree" is sung by Jaques, the same character who delivers the "Seven Ages" speech., so that is probably the song most closely related to the speech. If Morley wrote music to that one we no longer have it, but the setting by the Barenaked Ladies in 2005 is superb. (Check YouTube to hear it)
"Shrunk shank" is the best.
Unfortunately, reading the speech "The Seven Ages of Man" tells you nothing whatsoever about Shakespeare's attitude to anything. It tells you something about the attitude of the character Jaques from Shakespeare's play As You Like It, but not about Shakespeare's. Otherwise, people would go around saying that Bram Stoker was a vampire because he wrote about vampires, that Edgar Allan Poe was a psychopathic murderer because he wrote about psychopathic murderers, that H.P. Lovecraft was an eldritch horror because he wrote about one.
Infant - mewling and pewking Schoolboy - whinig and shining Lover - sighing Soldier - swearing and quarreling Justice - fat and bearded Pantaloon - bespectacled and shrunk Second childhood - out of it
No, Shakespeare was born after the Middle Ages ended.