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The Rape of Lucrece
The Rape of Lucrece: A Poem | William Shakespeare
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When the king's son hears the chastity of one of his father's advisors praised, he sets out to sully her name, with tragic consequences.
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This is a very powerful, beautiful, and moving poem. With the challenge of each stanza having seven lines in iambic pentameter, and its rhyme scheme of ababbcc, Shakespeare's use of language and metaphor is clear and surprisingly very approachable.

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