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The two poems, "Life" and "All the world's a stage", are very much a like in some ways, but they have some different points. Both Raleigh and Shakespeare are very similar in the topic they choose to write about, "Life", as they talk about man's life which starts with birth and ends with death. They compare human life to a play in which human beings are like actors; every one has a different role to rehear. However, each poet directs his poem differently through his own perspective on life, with a different tone, language, and even form.

On the one hand, Raleigh makes a mockery of human life which is fleeting and transitory. He compares it to "a short comedy", which starts when we come on the stage as soon as we are born, and it ends when the curtains are drawn and we are put in our graves. This connotes how our lives are trivial and worthless. Shakespeare, on the other hand, compares man's life to a long play consisting of seven acts. Every act represents a stage of man's life, and every stage prepares man to the following one. He says "they have their exits and their entrances", using the word "exit" first to draw the reader's attention to the fact that the end of every stage represents the beginning of another one. Similarly, Raleigh agrees with Shakespeare at this point as he shows that human life starts as soon as he exits his mother's womb which is like a dressing room where an actor gets ready for his new role in the play. This is evident through the words "our mother's wombs the tiring houses be, where we are dressed for this short comedy".

The end of the two poems, which represents the end of human life, is completely different from one another. In Shakespeare's poem, the end is very ironic, but, at the same time, it has a sense of respect. He says, "Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion". First, it is ironic because he shows that the last stage of man's life is "second childishness". This illustrates that the end of man's life represents the beginning itself as man becomes again weak, vulnerable, and dependent. Shakespeare ironically shows that the climax of growth of man's life is sharply followed by deterioration and degeneration. Second, it has a sense of respect because he shows that man's life is full of facts, which is evident in "eventful history". In fact, the word "history" draws the reader's attention to the fact that "history repeats itself", and this squares with the repetition of man's life. On the other hand, Raleigh ends his poem in a very serious tone. He shows that after finishing the play and drawing the curtains, man's life comes to an end as he is put in his grave. He says," only we die in the earnest, that's no jest", showing that death is inevitable. Every one is subject to death, and there is no escape. This connotes the harshness and severity of human life.

I think that the form of each poem goes with each poet's perspective of life. For example, Shakespeare makes his poem very long to confirm the idea that man's life is like a long play consisting of seven acts. On the contrary, Raleigh's poem is short to support the poet's idea that life is like "a short comedy" which is fleeting and transient. However, the two poets manage to successfully write their poems in a very organized way. On the one hand, Shakespeare talks gradually about the seven stages of man's life: infancy, childhood, the lover, the soldier, the justice, old age, and again second childishness. Through the organization of his poem, he confirms that the end of man's life represents the beginning itself. In other words, the end of man's life is another copy of the beginning. On the other hand, Raleigh' poem has a regular and repetitive rhyme scheme as it follows the pattern aa bb cc dd ee. This regular rhyme scheme goes with the organization of the poem which is divided into four parts. First, he starts his poem by giving a general idea about life, "what is our life? A play of passion." Second, he speaks to the short prelude to the birthing of man. Third, he illustrates the brevity and transience of man's life. Finally, he draws our intention to the inevitable death.

What is our life? In fact, it is a very difficult question to be answered, but both Shakespeare and Raleigh successfully provide us with a sufficient answer through their poems," Life" and "All the world's a stage".