means to fill something at the edges here, the man was fat from eating good chicken. Line : ‘ lean and slipper'd pantaloon ’ : this phrase describes a thin old man. Line : ‘ shrunk shank ’ : - 'to shrink' means to grow smaller, and a 'shank' is a piece of meat cut from a leg of an animal - so man's legs have grown narrower with age. Line : ‘ treble ’ : a treble is the higher part of a piece of music - so Shakespeare is referring to a boy's high-pitched voice.
Line : ‘ oblivion ’ : if someone is 'oblivious' he/ she doesn't know what is happening around him/her, and if he/she lives in 'oblivion' he/she is completely forgotten by other people. . Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box to complete the summary of the poem. Shakespeare considers the whole world a stage where men and women are only ( ) .
They ( ) stage when they are born and exit when they die. Every man, during his life time, plays seven roles based on age. In the first act, as an infant, he is wholly ( ) the mother or a nurse. Later, emerging as a school child, he slings his bag over his shoulder and creeps most ( ) to school.
His next act is that of a lover, busy ( ) for his beloved and yearns for her ( ) . In the fourth stage, he is aggressive and ambitious and seeks ( ) all that he does. He ( ) to guard his country and becomes a soldier. As he grows older, with ( ) wisdom, he becomes a fair judge.
During this stage, he is firm and ( ) . In the sixth act, he is seen with loose pantaloons and spectacles. His manly voice changes into a childish ( ) . The last scene of all is his second childhood.
Slowly, he loses his ( ) sight, hearing, smell and taste and exits from the roles of his life. attention treble reluctantly actors maturity reputation serious faculties