College Prep Poetry #7
Dramatic Poetry
“The Seven Ages of a Man” pg. 944
 Complete questions # 1-8
1. No because everyone goes through life in different stages.
2. a.) Infant, Schoolboy, Lover, Soldier, Justice, Pantaloon, Old man. b.) Baby,
young boy, teenager, age 20-30, kind of older man, getting really old man, and
very old man.
3. a.) Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard. b.) Some are positive and
some are negative.
4. a.) Teeth, eyes, taste, and everything. b.) They have none of those things
when they are born.
5. a.) A negative one. b.) No, all through the poem the raven was negative.
6. The speaker in the Seven Ages of a Man, because I can relate to it better.
7. No, I thought that way before.
8. The soldier stage.
 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”)
1. Rhyme- “Pouch on side, a world too wide.” –Line 21 &22
2. Personification- “And shining morning face, creeping like a snail.” –Line 8
3. Alliteration- “For his shrunk shanks.” –Line 23
 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!
-This poem was okay because I agree on what is talking about. But I disagree that
those are the only stages.
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).