Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Copy and complete the following chart.

Item

Metaphor

Simile

world

all the world’s stage

-

men, women

school-boy

lover

soldier

reputation

voice

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Item

Metaphor

Simile

world

all the world’s a stage

-

men, women

men and women merely players

-

school-boy

-

creeping like a snail

lover

-

sighing like a furnace

soldier

-

bearded like the pard

reputation

the bubble reputation

-

voice

big manly voice

-

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Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Copy and complete the following chart.

Item	Metaphor	Simile
World	All the world's a stage
Men, women
school-boy
lover
soldier
reputation
voice

Which comparison(s) do you find most interesting? Why?

Q. All of the following represent metaphors or similes used by the authors EXCEPT _______________.

Select suitable option to complete the sentence:

Charles Lamb's prose is richly __________ with literary ornaments like similes, metaphors, alliterations, transferred epithets, etc.

The poem is narrated in the first person by the brook. This figure of speech is ________.

(i) Personification

(ii) Metaphor

(iii) Simile

(iv) Transferred epithet

The poem is full of similes. Work with your partner and note them down in your notebooks. Why do you think the poet has used so many similes in a poem of 12 lines only?

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Item	Metaphor	Simile
world	all the world’s a stage	-
men, women	men and women merely players	-
school-boy	-	creeping like a snail
lover	-	sighing like a furnace
soldier	-	bearded like the pard
reputation	the bubble reputation	-
voice	big manly voice	-

Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Copy and complete the following chart. Item Metaphor Simile world all the world’s stage - men, women school-boy lover soldier reputation voice

Item Metaphor Simile world all the world’s a stage - men, women men and women merely players - school-boy - creeping like a snail lover - sighing like a furnace soldier - bearded like the pard reputation the bubble reputation - voice big manly voice -

Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Copy and complete the following chart.

Item

Metaphor

Simile

world

all the world’s stage

-

men, women

school-boy

lover

soldier

reputation

voice

Item

Metaphor

Simile

world

all the world’s a stage

-

men, women

men and women merely players

-

school-boy

-

creeping like a snail

lover

-

sighing like a furnace

soldier

-

bearded like the pard

reputation

the bubble reputation

-

voice

big manly voice

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