College Prep Poetry #7
Dramatic Poetry
“The Seven Ages of a Man” pg. 944
 Complete questions # 1-8
 1. Yes, the stages explained seem extremely realistic to life.
 2. There’s the infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, old man, and lastly the second
childishness.
 B. They represent babies, school years, high school, early career, rich and bossy, retired, and
having fun once retired.
 3. The soldier is full of strange oaths. The judge is large and rich.
 B. They are given good traits.
 4. They lack almost everything.
 B. There is more oblivion than ever before.
 5. He is putting out a bad attitude towards life.
 B. Yes, his life isn’t going too well either.
 6. The narrator of “The Seven Ages of a Man” represents my opinion better because you are
always happy in a certain part of life then you get bored of it.
 7. No it doesn’t because I’ve kind of thought the same just a lot more positive.
 8. I would talk about the last insight.
 List at least 3 poetic devices found in the poem (Name the literary device and list the
example from the poem.) EX: Simile – “And the river flows like a stream of glass” - Line 4
(from “Sympathy”)
 Ex: Metaphor- “All the world’s a stage.”-Line 1 (from “The Seven Ages of Man”)
 Ex: Alliteration- “The sixth age shifts”-Line 19 (from “The Seven Ages of Man”)
 Ex: Alliteration- “For his shrunk shank;-Line 23 (from “ The Seven Ages of Man”)
 Rate the poem on the following scale accompanied by a 1-3 sentence specific explanation for
the rating.
Approval Rating Scale:
Liked it!
It was ok.
UGH! Did not like it!
Label this page: Monologue
Homework Activity: Write a poem titled “The Seven Stages of ___________” where
you choose a type of person (woman, teenagers, a person in love, baseball player,
musician, famous person, etc.). Then write the seven stages of their life and the activities
associated with each stage. Model it after Shakespeare’s monologue (a poem spoken by
one person).