Summary: Life is a Game Life is a Game is an inspiring, encouraging poem with advice on how to lead life with an active and positive attitude. The speaker says that life is like a game and like a game, there is a wonderful prize waiting to be won if you play it right. Life is about compromising and helping each other out. It is also about small wins and losses. Very often, there are many battles that need to be fought. But all those who sincerely put in efforts—regardless of whether there is money or fame to be won—will definitely win. At this point, the speaker asks the readers whether they are living life with the right attitude. The next stanza is a series of questions about the reader’s attitude to life. The speaker asks the reader whether they become weak and whine when they fail to win in the manner they think they deserve. He asks the readers whether they make fun or discourage someone who can do and does something better than you. These are clearly very negative approaches to l...
English Language & Literature