Bereavement. Homesickness. A first kiss. Experiences like these transcend our rational understanding of the world. In such moments, we need poetry. That's why we're excited to have paired contemporary and classical poems with award-winning animators to help us all better understand the most inexplicable parts of life. Today, we published six poems in our new series "There's a Poem for That". We hope you love these poems as much as we do! Check out the whole series here:bit.ly/TEDEdTheresAPoemForThat Let us know in the comments which poems you'd love to see animated as part of this series.

The way this poem ends... wow...

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast." ~Oscar Wilde (of course)

I just wanna say thank you

"Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" Awww

These videos remind me why I love to read, write, and learn. Thank you Ted-Ed ♡

"sans everything..." did it hit you too?

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; And 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; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And 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. By William Shakesspeare

The recitation and the animation is so ethereal that I can hear and see this video forever. Love Shakespeare and Love TedEd. Thank you so much :)

Suggestions: Rime of the ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ozymandias - Percy Byshee Shelly Not marble nor the gilded monuments - William Shakespeare P. S. The animation for this video is incredible

The older I get the more I can appreciate his words , there’s no short cut in this life and second guessing the future is a waste of time.

Lady Furina...

I remember my English class. I'm Brazilian, and I remember that this poem was written on my book. I just wanna say thank you for this. ❤

The figure of speech in the line "Sans teeth , sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" Is Euphemism.

Wow, TED-Ed, you consistently blow me away with your videos, but these animated poems are just amazing. Please keep up the good work :)

Poignant, timeless pieces of poetry + Ted-ED's awesome animation + soothing background noise and narration = literary heaven

We tackled this a year ago. Seeing this made my memories flow again on those things we do when we are first introduce to this poem

"All the world's a stage' is a monologue of Jaques from Shakespeare's play As You Like It, a five-act pastoral comedy (cherishing country life). The speaker talks about seven stages (from infancy to death) people go through as they age and different roles they play in each stage.

We had this part as a lesson in our first quarter in my 3rd year of high school. Now in the fourth and final quarter, I saw this... this carried an extremely different emotion and story when compared to how we tackled it in class. Amazing.

*AH my favourite youtuber!*

I have never seen a more beautiful animation. Who'd have thought one could make a harbor scene so poetic. Most profound of art just needs a sincere observation it seems.

The animation is simply brilliant! The way the image of the boats and the narration wove together to create the ideal mindscape for this poem! Brilliant!

The voice modulation, the visuals only adds beauty to this wonderful poem.

this isnt furina

I must say that this reading, without trying to invoke some Shakespearean tone, made the poem much easier to ingest as well as comprehend and relate to! Thanks!

Ahh what a beautiful reminder. The way it is portrayed and narrated is just beautiful.

*_To be or not to be? That's the question:_* Ted-Ed made three videos in one day.

I wish i could somehow share this with literally everybody all at once. This was truly spectacular.

The way the ending is delivered gave me chills

Then I must be a bad actor

One of the most memorable poems I've read so far, the opening and ending lines were so impactful. I remember doing this for school when I was 16 and the very first lines of the poem gave me such a different view on human roles. Still one of my top favourite poems along with Life by Charlotte Brontë

This reading is unbelievably beautiful.

I can't explain this animation.........they just touchs my heart

This poem is simply AMAZING. It really moved my heart and gave me so many messages. This is one of my favorite poems!

This is the first time I've heard Shakespeare, now I understand why people like him so much, it's beautiful 👏🇬🇧❤

the recitation is everything . Just amazing

Thank you so much, Ted Ed! I had this poem in school and the video took me back in time. Absolutely loved all the poems in the series :)

The way you recite the poem is awesome....heart touching poem

As a mother of a newborn, the poem evokes new emotions that I have not known before

I remember reading this in highschool where I fell in love with poetry

Your way of narrating the poem ,I got goosebumps really love the poem thank you

Such a powerful piece. Made me tremble to the core. Bravo William, bravo.

Every night amidst this Pandemic, I listen to these Poems as if sung to me by the great author him/herself. Thank you Ted Ed

The way it was read was really lovely.

This was beautiful , very well made, thank you ted-ed for your gorgeous content 💗

at first when i read this poem i felt nothing but after watching this i felt like i've missed a lot this in this such masterpiece.

Takes me back to my 2nd age where I learnt this poem for literature. In all the stages we live off through the reminiscences of the previous stage, and I suppose it shall not end.

I would watch this video over and over again. Brilliant animation and bgm.

This was so melancholy. Loved the way you guys made the video

WOW! THE NARATION OF THIS VIDEO IS JUST AMAZING AND ALSO THE GRAPHICS AND THE VISUALS ARE! IT WAS SO PEACCEFUL AND SATISFYING!

Ah, I remembered this poem became our lesson in our English class. Thank you for uploading this

How beautifully read...I'm truly entranced😍

It brought back the memories of my highschool. We used to have as you like it as a play in our course.

I am Overwhelmed while listening this

This reminds me of when this was taught in school!!

Thank you TED-Ed love all your works

It's truly an incredible stage we walk upon. Happy New Year 2021 May it be brilliant!

Animation is simply amazing

LOVE THIS IDEA FOR A SERIES! Some of the Keats sonnets would be awesome to animate: I’m thinking ‘ When I have fears' or 'Bright Star' in particular.

I was introduced to this masterpiece by father 3 days before he passed

Beautiful narration.

These poems restore my faith to humanity.

The audio is commendable and very attractive yet peaceful and interesting.

Bravo! Great words and a great production!

A well creative Masterpiece of William Shakespeare!

I absolutely loved this. Thank you

This poem always makes me see young people as old and old people as young.

The background music is so good

I love the animation and the narrator and everything omg ❤

So beautiful! Thanx for sharing this

I am loving this series!!!

I remember my 8th grade days when we used to perform this. The nostalgia is real.

Marvelous. I memorized this poem by William Shakespeare and I love it 😍

These poems needs more views

One of my favourite poem!

Pease please please continue the series😍😍

I had to memorize this for drama class :/ (it was actually fun though)

I adore this.

All time favorite❤️❤️❤️❤️💜💛💛💛

I only knew Frost and Shakespeare in this series. All of these are excellent

that is one the most beautiful things I've ever seen. thank you very much ❤❤

We need more 😭 please

My Enlgish teacher recommend me this poem and i think is simply wonderful. Thanks

You guys are so amazing!! Keep it up

I'm so glad that you did this video because I have to memorize this poem for my speech class

This poem speaks such profound truth

This reminded me of my school days... the forest of arden... melancholic jaques... Thank you Ted Ed for bringing back those sweet memories :)

Suggested by English teacher Now I'm addicted to this channel Thank you Sanad sir 💫💗

Absolutely excellent

Love how Shakespeare explained life in one poem

Nice animation to go along with the poem by William Shakespeare.

This made me look back on eighth grade. Oh, the memories.

Such an amazing poem.

The boats are personified to imitate the seven stages Outstanding animation

And we were being memorized this poem in our college, only today I was able to understand it completely

Thanks for making this series. It would be great if the poem could be found in the introduction section.

I'm not really familiar with english poems,thank you for doing this,it really made my day 💜

Beautiful!

I love his language since its so furnished now but more it was tuned to the people at the time he first wrote this

The recitation is just fab👌👌👌