Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare. 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, who is 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 brilliantly described observations of nature. It is written in a verse form known as sesta rima, which is a quatrain followed by a couplet (ABABCC). This form was also used by Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. The poem consists of 199 stanzas or 1,194 lines of iambic pentameter.

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	14. juni 2018
ISBN13	9781721155590
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	36
Mål	178 × 254 × 2 mm · 81 g
Språk	Engelsk