Shakespeare A to Z | Rape of Lucrece, The
An early poem by Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece is based on a well-known story from ancient Rome about the wife of a Roman general who is raped by the king’s son. The lengthy narrative is written in a verse form called rhyme royal, which consists of seven-line stanzas*.
Lucrece (or Lucretia in Latin), the wife of Collatine (Collatinus), is widely admired among her husband’s fellow officers for her beauty and virtue. Sextus...
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