Venus and Adonis

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:ballet
gptkb:opera
gptkb:film
gptkbp:adapted_into Plays
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:created_by gptkb:Titian
gptkbp:critical_reception well-received
analyzed in literary studies
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired literature
inspired music
inspired artworks
gptkbp:dedicated_to gptkb:Henry_Wriothesley,_3rd_Earl_of_Southampton
gptkbp:dedication gptkb:Henry_Wriothesley
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:goddess_Venus
gptkbp:exhibited_at gptkb:National_Gallery,_London
gptkbp:features The goddess Venus
The youth Adonis
gptkbp:first_published 1593
gptkbp:form gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Venus and Adonis
gptkbp:influence later poets
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Ovid's_Metamorphoses
gptkbp:is_part_of Titian's series of Venuses
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:length over 1,000 lines
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Venus
gptkb:Adonis
gptkbp:notable_quote ' Beauty is but a shadow of a dream.'
' Desire is a fire that consumes the heart.'
' Fool! I shall not be so cruel.'
' Love's labor is never lost.'
' The beautiful is a joy forever.'
' The chase is more thrilling than the catch.'
' The heart of a lover is a fragile thing.'
' What is love? It is not love that alters.'
' All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.'
' Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.'
gptkbp:notable_work Shakespeare's early works
gptkbp:published 1593
gptkbp:published_in 1593
gptkbp:setting ancient mythology
gptkbp:style elegiac couplets
gptkbp:theme gptkb:death
love
beauty
desire
gptkbp:written_in Blank verse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shakespeare
gptkb:Venus
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:Titian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4