“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,”

These lines are symbolic of the fact that men and women, in the course of their lives, perform different roles. “A stage” here symbolizes the world, and “players” is a symbol for human beings.

 

Sara Teasdale in her poem Wild Asters develops a number of striking symbols:

“In the spring, I asked the daisies
 If his words were true,
 And the clever, clear-eyed daisies
 Always knew.

Now the fields are brown and barren,
 Bitter autumn blows,
 And of all the stupid asters
 Not one knows.”

In the above lines, “spring” and “daisies” are symbols of youth. “Brown and barren” are symbols of transition from youth to old age. Moreover, “Bitter autumn” symbolizes death.