Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.
He dedicated Venus and Adonis to the Earl of Southampton. Venus and Adonis is pornography so I guess it counts as love poetry.
The Elizabethan poet and playwright William Shakespeare dedicated his first two poems to his wealthy patron Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton. Theaters were closed because of plague during much of 1593-1594 and Shakespeare turned his talents to nondramatic poetry, penning two narrative masterpieces. In 1593 he completed the seriocomic Venus and Adoniswhich he dedicated to the Earl of Southampton in terms expressing respect, but no special intimacy. In 1594 he finished his tragic piece, The Rape of Lucrece , which he dedicated to the Earl, this time with the words "The love I dedicate to your lordship is without end ... What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours; being part in all I have, devoted yours." Drawing on the resources of Renaissance mythological and symbolic traditions, both poems carry the sophisticated techniques of Elizabethan narrative verse to their highest point.
His poems (Sonnets) indicate that out of his 154 sonnets approx. (maybe more) some were directed to either his mistress or his lover The Earl Of Southampton.His long poems, Venus & Adonis and Lucrecewere dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
Earl of Southampton and Dark Woman
Earl of Southampton is believed to be a patron of Shakespeare. This has been gathered from several circumstances in Oxford's life.
The only thing Shakespeare intentionally published, his long poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, were dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton and Baron of Tichfield. Shakespeare's other writings were not published by him, and were dedicated by the various publishers to other people.
When Shakespeare published Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece, he dedicated them to the Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley.
The only patron Shakespeare ever had was Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, to whom the poems Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece are dedicated. The poems sold well and must have proved profitable for the young Shakespeare. It is not known to what extent Southampton was able to provide financial assistance as well as adding an aristocratic air to Shakespeare's works.
He dedicated Venus and Adonis to the Earl of Southampton. Venus and Adonis is pornography so I guess it counts as love poetry.
Shakespeare dedicated his poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. They were the only works which he explicitly dedicated, and Southampton is the only person identified as his patron.
The Elizabethan poet and playwright William Shakespeare dedicated his first two poems to his wealthy patron Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton. Theaters were closed because of plague during much of 1593-1594 and Shakespeare turned his talents to nondramatic poetry, penning two narrative masterpieces. In 1593 he completed the seriocomic Venus and Adoniswhich he dedicated to the Earl of Southampton in terms expressing respect, but no special intimacy. In 1594 he finished his tragic piece, The Rape of Lucrece , which he dedicated to the Earl, this time with the words "The love I dedicate to your lordship is without end ... What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours; being part in all I have, devoted yours." Drawing on the resources of Renaissance mythological and symbolic traditions, both poems carry the sophisticated techniques of Elizabethan narrative verse to their highest point.
His poems (Sonnets) indicate that out of his 154 sonnets approx. (maybe more) some were directed to either his mistress or his lover The Earl Of Southampton.His long poems, Venus & Adonis and Lucrecewere dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
Earl of Southampton and Dark Woman
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. He was the patron for Shakespeare's long poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Really he was the only patron Shakespeare ever had. The theatre company of which he had a part also had patrons, but they were patrons of the whole company, whether or not Shakespeare was in it.
Earl of Southampton is believed to be a patron of Shakespeare. This has been gathered from several circumstances in Oxford's life.
Shakespeare never uses this dreadful cliché but his patron for Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece was an Earl and he was also young, so possibly the Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, is who is meant.
The Earl of Southampton or Henry Wriothesley