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Q: Which work has been called by Shakespeare as, 'the first heir of my invention'?
  • A. Hero and Leander
  • B. The Rape of Lucrece
  • C. Venus and Adonis
  • D. The Comedy of Errors
Correct Answer: Option C - The work 'Venus and Adonis' has been called by William Shakespeare as 'the first heir of my invention'. Shakespeare want to say through this phrase, that he wrote it by himself and as himself. 'Venus and Adonis' is a narrative poem by Shakespeare published in 1593. It was written in stanzas of six-lines of Iambic pentameter rhyming ABABCC.
C. The work 'Venus and Adonis' has been called by William Shakespeare as 'the first heir of my invention'. Shakespeare want to say through this phrase, that he wrote it by himself and as himself. 'Venus and Adonis' is a narrative poem by Shakespeare published in 1593. It was written in stanzas of six-lines of Iambic pentameter rhyming ABABCC.

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The work 'Venus and Adonis' has been called by William Shakespeare as 'the first heir of my invention'. Shakespeare want to say through this phrase, that he wrote it by himself and as himself. 'Venus and Adonis' is a narrative poem by Shakespeare published in 1593. It was written in stanzas of six-lines of Iambic pentameter rhyming ABABCC.