The assonance in the "Seven Ages of Man" poem by William Shakespeare can be found in lines such as "the mewling and puking" and "the last scene of all." Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
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"Mewling and puking" comes to mind.
It's not a poem, it's a speech. And can't you imagine what the man looks like during the seven stages of his life?
Yes, the message of the poem "The Seven Ages of Man" by William Shakespeare is valuable as it reflects on the different stages of human life and the universal experience of growing older. The poem emphasizes the passage of time and the inevitability of aging, encouraging readers to reflect on their own journey through life.
In the words "The seven ages of man" there are seven syllables.
The seven ages of man.
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In the first place the idea of the seven ages of man was not found by Shakespeare. This idea had been around for a long time, and finds its origin in a Latin phrase. Shakespeare was only the man to voice the idea, and in that he succeeded very well. The number seven is probably derived from the seven sins. The number seven can be found several times throughout the bible and can be seen as some sort of symbol. If you would like to know more about the origin of this famous quote, I refer you to the Wikipedia page on the 'all the world's a stage'.
Assonance in "The Highwayman" refers to the repetition of vowel sounds within words in the poem. For example, in the line "The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees," the repetition of the short "i" sound in "wind," "was," "torrent," and "darkness" creates assonance. This literary device helps create a musical and rhythmic quality in the poem, enhancing its overall impact on the reader.
Probably the best one is "lined, with eyes". It is difficult, because to do it properly you should listen to the speech done in the kind of accent they had back then, which sounds a bit like the Somerset accent we associate with pirates. There is such a reading of the speech available at the site internetshakespeare.uvic.ca If you listen, you will find that although you might think that the word "severe" which follows "eyes" is an assonance, it actually isn't, because it sounds like "with good capon loined, with oyes sevair . . ."
Its language is English, obviously. It is in the style of a piece of dramatic dialogue written in blank verse, as if it were an excerpt from the middle of a Shakespeare play and not a poem at all. This is because it is not a poem but rather an excerpt from the middle of Shakespeare's play As You Like It.
As you Like It