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Hi my friends,I have a presentation of   William Shakespeare's The Seven ages of man in my English class.I read the   poem and the teachers wants me to find outstanding metaphors and similes in it.I   could not understand metaphors and similes subjects so I have difficulty in   finding them.Here is the poem:"All the world's a stage,And all the   men and women merely players;They have their exits and their   entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven   ages. At first the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms;Then   the whining school-boy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping   like snailUnwillingly to school. And then the lover,Sighing like   furnace, with a woeful balladMade to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a   soldier,Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,Jealous in   honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,Seeking the bubble reputationEven in   the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,In fair round belly with good capon   lin'd,With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,Full of wise saws and   modern instances;And so he plays his part. The sixth age shiftsInto the   lean and slipper'd pantaloon,With spectacles on nose and pouch on   side;His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wideFor his shrunk   shank; and his big manly voice,Turning again toward childish treble,   pipesAnd whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,That ends this strange   eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion;Sans teeth,   sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." — Jaques (Act II, Scene VII, lines   139-166)I just want you to show me some examples of metaphors and   similes so that I cand find others by myself.For example;I thought one age of a   persone is compared to pantaloon.Is it a metaphor or not?I cannot get so much   sure.Thank you. (missing image)

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

All the world's a stage -- Metaphor: world = stage
creeping like snail-- Simile: a schoolboy moves as slowly as a snail

Icebergcem · Answer

thanks are there other metaphors in it?For example I thought one ages  of man is pantaloon in the poem.And pantaloon means silly.So may it be  possible for me to think that is it a metaphor like comparing the world  to a stage? Thankx again

Mister Micawber · Answer

You asked for examples, so that you could find others by yourself, so that is what I have done.

The first section is one long metaphor:

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

Then there are several other metaphors and similes in the rest of the text-- which I hope you will find for yourself, since this is, after all, your homework and not mine. 'Pantaloon' is indeed a reference to the commedia dell'arte character; I suppose it could be considered a metaphor too.

Anonymous · Answer

But when Elizabeth told of his silence, it did not seem very likely, even to Charlotte’s wishes, to be the case; and after various conjectures, they could at last only suppose his visit to proceed from the difficulty of finding anything to do, which was the more probable from the time of year. All field sports were over. Within doors there was Lady Catherine, books, and a billiard table, but gentlemen cannot be always within doors; and in the nearness of the Parsonage, or the pleasantness of the walk to it, or of the people who lived in it, the two cousins found a temptation from this period of walking thither almost every day. They called at various times of the morning, sometimes separately, sometimes together, and now and then accompanied by their aunt. It was plain to them all that Colonel Fitzwilliam came because he had pleasure in their society, a persuasion which of course recommended him still more; and Elizabeth was reminded by her own satisfaction in being with him, as well as by his evident admiration of her, of her former favourite George Wickham; and though, in comparing them, she saw there was less captivating softness in Colonel Fitzwilliam’s manners, she believed he might have the best informed mind.

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Anonymous · Answer

His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms;
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin'd,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;

try those

Anonymous · Answer

metaphor : all the world is a stage
men and women are merely players

simile:creeping like snail
bearded like the pard
sighing like furnace

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