efficient ruler,and the importance of legitimate succession to the throne. In Shakespeare's historical plays there is only one ideal king 5 Henry V,though his real prototype differs little from the other kings. Among Shakespeare's 10 historical plays,Henry IV and Henry V are two remarkable plays.Henry V is the continuation of Henry IV.The two plays deal with the events of the 15th century and give the picture ofa troubledreign. 4.0 Shakespeare's Poetical Works Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece are two long narrative poems written by Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis is a poem in 6-line stanzas.It tells us that Venus woos the youth Adonis,but she can't get his love.Finally Venus finds the young man killed by a boar. The Rape of Lucrece is a poem in 7-line stanzas.It tells us a sad 5 story about a lady called Lucrece,who has been outraged by a lustful prince,and then shekills herselfbecause of shame The bulk of Shakespeare's sonnets were written between 1593 and 1598.Each line of a sonnet is in iambic pentameter,and the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.His 154 sonnets seem to fall into two series:one series are addressed to W.H,evidently a patron,and the other addressed to "dark lady"who played the poet false.Forefficient ruler, and the importance of legitimate succession to the throne. In Shakespeare’s historical plays there is only one ideal king Henry V, though his real prototype differs little from the other kings. Among Shakespeare's 10 historical plays, Henry IV and Henry V are two remarkable plays. Henry V is the continuation of Henry IV. The two plays deal with the events of the 15th century and give the picture of a troubled reign. 4.0 Shakespeare's Poetical Works Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece are two long narrative poems written by Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis is a poem in 6-line stanzas. It tells us that Venus woos the youth Adonis, but she can’t get his love. Finally Venus finds the young man killed by a boar. The Rape of Lucrece is a poem in 7-line stanzas. It tells us a sad story about a lady called Lucrece, who has been outraged by a lustful prince, and then she kills herself because of shame. The bulk of Shakespeare's sonnets were written between 1593 and 1598. Each line of a sonnet is in iambic pentameter, and the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. His 154 sonnets seem to fall into two series: one series are addressed to W. H, evidently a patron, and the other addressed to "dark lady" who played the poet false. For 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’