04/01/22

A. Exegesis:
1.
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

With a sad song, he breathes like an oven

Made in the shape of his mistress' brow, after that, there was a soldier
Full of odd promise, bearded like a leopard

B. Explication:

1 and 2. The poem is written entirely in free verse. The writing style is
narrative. The poem describes seven different stages of life in a brief but
powerful manner.

3. Get lines with metaphor, simile, personification and hyperbole.

a. The following are some example/s of metaphor in the poem:
i. All the world’s a stage
ii. And all men and women are merely players
iii. Seeking the bubble reputation
b. The following are some example/s of Simile in the poem:
i. Creeping like snail
ii. Sighing like a furnace
iii. Bearded like a pard
c. The following are some example/s of Personification in the poem:
i. The sixth age shifts,
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon
d. The following are some example/s of Hyperbole in the poem:
i. Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
4. Get line with alliteration, assonance and consonance.
a. The following are some example/s of Alliteration in the poem:
i. And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
ii. For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice
b. The following are some example/s of assonance in the poem:
i. And all the men and women merely players
ii. They have their exits and their entrances
iii. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut
c. The following are some example/s of consonance in the poem:
i. And all the men and women merely players
 ● Repetitive ‘n’
ii. For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice
● Repetitive ‘k’
iii. Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms;
● Repetitive ‘ng’
iv.