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Q: What two poems did Shakespeare dedicate to the Earl of Southampton?
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Who did Shakespeare dedicate his love poetry to?

He dedicated Venus and Adonis to the Earl of Southampton. Venus and Adonis is pornography so I guess it counts as love poetry.


To whom did Shakespeare dedicate his first two poems and what were they?

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.


Who William Shakespeare wrote poems for?

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.


What were the names of Shakespeare's lovers?

Earl of Southampton and Dark Woman


Which earl did William shakespeares have a real relationship with?

Earl of Southampton is believed to be a patron of Shakespeare. This has been gathered from several circumstances in Oxford's life.

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Who has Shakespeare dedicate?

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.


What two poems did Shakespeare write to his patron?

When Shakespeare published Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece, he dedicated them to the Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley.


Which English earl became a patron to shakespeare?

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.


Who did Shakespeare dedicate his love poetry to?

He dedicated Venus and Adonis to the Earl of Southampton. Venus and Adonis is pornography so I guess it counts as love poetry.


What is the identity of Shakespeare patron?

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.


To whom did Shakespeare dedicate his first two poems and what were they?

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.


Who William Shakespeare wrote poems for?

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.


What were the names of Shakespeare's lovers?

Earl of Southampton and Dark Woman


Who was the most important patron to William Shakespeare?

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.


Which earl did William shakespeares have a real relationship with?

Earl of Southampton is believed to be a patron of Shakespeare. This has been gathered from several circumstances in Oxford's life.


Who was Shakespeare's Dashing young Earl?

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.


Who was the much disputed person to whom Shakespeare dedicated his sonnets and plays?

The Earl of Southampton or Henry Wriothesley