Venus and Adonis ILLUSTRATED

By: Shakespeare, William

Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication.The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting. The poem is pastoral, and at times erotic, comic, and tragic. It contains discourses on the nature of love, and observations of nature.It is written in stanzas of six lines of iambic pentameter rhyming ABABCC; although this verse form was known before Shakespeare's use, it is now commonly known as the Venus and Adonis stanza, after this poem. This form was also used by Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. The poem consists of 199 stanzas or 1,194 lines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0863TQ1LF
• ISBN13: 9798627192635
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"