Venus and Adonis
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Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeares 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 Shakespeares 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.It was published originally as a quarto pamphlet and published with great care. It was probably printed using Shakespeares fair copy. The printer was Richard Field, who, like Shakespeare, was from Stratford. Venus and Adonis appeared in print before any of Shakespeares plays were published, but not before some of his plays had been acted on stage. It has certain qualities in common with A Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Loves Labours Lost. It was written when the London theatres were closed for a time due to the plague.The poem begins with a brief dedication to Shakespeares patron, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, in which the poet describes the poem as the first heir of my invention.The poem is inspired by and based on stories found in the Metamorphoses, a narrative poem by the Latin poet, Ovid (43 BC - AD 17/18). Ovids much briefer version of the tale occurs in book ten of his Metamorphoses. It differs greatly from Shakespeares version. Ovids Venus goes hunting with Adonis to please him, but otherwise is uninterested in the out-of-doors. She wears tucked up robes, worries about her complexion, and particularly hates dangerous wild animals. Shakespeares Venus is a bit like a wil
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