Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
(a) Why is this stage called a ‘second childishness’?
(b) What is meant by ‘that ends this strange eventful history’?
© What is meant by the word, ‘oblivion’?
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(a) What does the poet refer to as the ‘last scene’?
(b) How does the ‘eventful history’ get converted to ‘mere oblivion’?
© What does’sans’mean?
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(a) Which is the last stage of all?
(b) What is the similarity between the first and the last stage of human life?
© Which word in this extract is the synonym of ‘without’?
(a) This stage is called a ‘second childishness’ because the man in this stage is completely dependent on others, just like when he was a child.
(b) This means that this is the end of life which has passed through seven eventful stages different from each other.
© The word, ‘oblivion’ means ‘the state of being forgotten’.
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(a) The poet refers to the ‘last scene’ as ‘second childhood’.
(b) Due to old age, man loses control over his senses and forgets everything about his life’s eventful history.
© ‘Sans’ means ‘without’. '
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(a) The last stage of all is old age.
(b) In the last stage of human life, man becomes like a child because he becomes completely dependent on others, just like in the first stage.
© The word is ‘sans’.