Critical appreciation of poem All the world's a Stage
Title : All the world's a Stage
Poet : William Shakespeare
Theme : The poem is about cycle of the life.
Rhyme Scheme : Free verse means no Rhyme Scheme is used in this poem, but there is a steady rhythm of five beats in every line of the stanzas in poem.
Figure of speech : Metaphor
Special Features : This is an imagery narrative style poem used by the poet which gives continuity to the poem, where one stage gradually goes to the next one.
Favourite lines : "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,"
Why I liked the poem : I liked the poem because it shows the cycle of life of which everyone is a playing part of.