Conversely in The Rape of Lucrece, the honorable and virtuous wife Lucrece is raped a character overcome with lust, Tarquin. Innocent Adonis must reject the sexual advances of Venus. The two longest works that scholars agree were written by Shakespeare are entitled Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.īoth dedicated to the Honorable Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, who seems to have acted as a sponsor and encouraging benefactor of Shakespeare's work for a brief time.īoth of these poems contain dozens of stanzas and comment on the depravity of unwanted sexual advances, showing themes throughout of guilt, lust, and moral confusion. Particularly long-form poems, have been published. Because of their more private nature, few poems, It seems writing poetry was something he greatly enjoyed and did mainly for himself at times when he was not consumed with writing a play. It also provided credibility to his talent as a writer and helped to enhance his social standing. In Shakespeare's era (1564-1616), it was not profitable but very fashionable to write poetry. Yet his poems are not nearly as recognizable to many as the characters and famous
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