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jbigl's review
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jadecsc's review
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
asta's review
4.0
Incredibly interesting poem. I laughed, I cried, I was weirdly turned on...
I also liked the bit about the horse.
I also liked the bit about the horse.
aliciamae's review
2.0
Maybe I'm just a grump who hates love, but this poem was rather... unsatisfying. Not much happens, although things happening isn't a requirement in any form of literature. I also have never been a big fan of the Venus/Adonis myth itself, which certainly doesn't help. Also, Venus comes off as a creeper.
Parts of the language was very pretty, but it felt overly-long (just considering that there's not much storyline to the original myth to begin with). I found myself tripping up with the rhyme pattern that Shakespeare employed here, and continued to focus on the rhyme itself (no), rather than following the punctuation (yes). Oops.
Parts of the language was very pretty, but it felt overly-long (just considering that there's not much storyline to the original myth to begin with). I found myself tripping up with the rhyme pattern that Shakespeare employed here, and continued to focus on the rhyme itself (no), rather than following the punctuation (yes). Oops.
ygraines's review
4.0
the fact that i am in, and have for several months been existing in, a state of vague exam anxiety & brain fog means that my current reviews are lacklustre at best. so instead i'm going to leave some introductory material on venus and adonis here, because it resonated with my reading & because it's interesting.
colin burrow, following the mythographer natales comes, separates shakespeare's mythographically mutable venus into some of her component selves; she is the venus of ovid who attempts to imitate her sister diana and become a huntress; she is venus victrix, the conqueror of mars ('leading him prisoner in a red-rose chain'); she is a venus vulgaris (goddess of sensual love), and a venus mechanitis (venus practised in love's verbal artifices); and she is finally (though by no means solely) venus genetrix, the mother, as she finally nurses the flower which is adonis in her arms.
colin burrow, following the mythographer natales comes, separates shakespeare's mythographically mutable venus into some of her component selves; she is the venus of ovid who attempts to imitate her sister diana and become a huntress; she is venus victrix, the conqueror of mars ('leading him prisoner in a red-rose chain'); she is a venus vulgaris (goddess of sensual love), and a venus mechanitis (venus practised in love's verbal artifices); and she is finally (though by no means solely) venus genetrix, the mother, as she finally nurses the flower which is adonis in her arms.
pagesandstitches's review
2.0
There was really just one part I liked. Lines 799-804:
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,
But lust's effect is tempest after sun;
Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done.
Love surfeits not; lust like a glutton dies:
Love is all truth; lust full of forged lies.
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,
But lust's effect is tempest after sun;
Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done.
Love surfeits not; lust like a glutton dies:
Love is all truth; lust full of forged lies.
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