1833 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). == Events == June – Rev. John Henry Newman writes "The Pillar of Cloud" (Lead, Kindly Light) on a boat in the Strait of Bonifacio. 15 September – English poet Arthur Henry Hallam, a friend of Tennyson (and fiancé of his sister Emily), dies suddenly of a brain haemorrhage in Vienna aged 22. This year in his memory Tennyson writes "Ulysses" (completed 20 October; published in Poems of 1842), Tithon (an early version of "Tithonus") and "The Two Voices" (originally entitled "Thoughts of a Suicide") and begins "Morte d'Arthur" (published 1842) and "Tiresias" (published 1885). In 1850 he will publish In Memoriam A.H.H. == Works published == === United Kingdom === Elizabeth Barrett (later Elizabeth Barrett Browning), anonymously published translation from the Ancient Greek of Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Edward Bickersteth, Christian Psalmody Caroline Bowles (later Caroline Anne Southey), Tales of the Factories Robert Browning, Pauline, a fragment of a confession, the author's first published poem, published anonymously, sells no copies (first reprinted in Poetical Works 1868 with minor revisions and an "apologetic preface") Agnes Bulmer, Messiah's Kingdom, epic poem running to 14,000 lines, considered the longest poem ever written by a woman Hartley Coleridge, Poems Allan Cunningham, The Maid of Elvar Ebenezer Elliott, The Splendid Village; Corn Law Rhymes, and Other Poems Felicia Dorothea Hemans, Hymns on the Works of Nature John Stuart Mill, Thoughts on Poetry and its Variants (criticism) Robert Montgomery, Woman: The Angel of Life Sir Walter Scott (died 1832), The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, the final revised edition, edited by J. G. Lockhart and illustrated by J. M. W. Turner; in 12 volumes, published starting in May of this year, with Volume I, and ending in April 1834, with Volume XII Letitia Elizabeth Landon, writing under the pen name "L.E.L.", Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, including "The Zenana" === United States === Maria Gowen Brooks, Zophiel, highly emotional verse, influenced by her connections with the English Lake poets; Charles Lamb asserted she could not have been the author, "as if there could have been a woman capable of anything so grand" Richard Henry Dana Sr., Poems and Prose Writings, a very well received book, including many of his better-known essays and poems, including "The Buccaneer" (see also the expanded edition 1850) Maria James, "Ode on the Fourth of July 1833" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, translator, Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique Penina Moise, Fancy's Sketch Book, called the first poetry book published by a Jewish American in the United States; including humorous and satirical poems on love, poverty and death as well as comments on the suffering of Jews abroad, who are encouraged to immigrate to the United States === Other === M. J. Chapman, "Barbados" by a pro-slavery planter in Barbados Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Les Fleurs, France Wilhelm Hey, Fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder ("Fifty Fables for Children") Frederik Paludan-Muller, Dandserinden ("The Danseuse" or "Dancing Girl"), inspired by Lord Byron's poetry; an ironic poem in ottava rima; Denmark France Prešeren, A Wreath of Sonnets (Slovene: Sonetni venec) Alexander Pushkin, The Bronze Horseman (Russian, Медный всадник, literally "The Copper Horseman"), written, first published 1837 Pietro Zorutti (Pieri Çorut), Plovisine, Friulian == Births == Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 23 January – Lewis Morris (died 1907), Anglo-Welsh poet 5 May – Richard Watson Dixon (died 1900), English poet and clergyman 29 May – George Gordon McCrae (died 1927), Australian 24 August – Narmadashankar Dave, also known as "Narmad" (died 1886), Indian, Gujarati-language poet 8 October – Edmund Clarence Stedman (died 1908), American poet, critic, essayist, banker and scientist 19 October – Adam Lindsay Gordon, Azores-born Australian "national poet", jockey and politician 27 December – Larin Paraske (died 1904), Finnish Izhorian oral poet and rune-singer == Deaths == Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 4 February – John O'Keefe (born 1747), Irish poet, playwright and actor 14 April – Joseph-Isidore Bédard (born 1806), Canadian poet, lawyer and politician, dies in Paris (haemorrhage) 7 September – Hannah More (born 1745), English poet, playwright, religious writer and philanthropist 15 September – Arthur Hallam (born 1811), English poet in whose memory Alfred, Lord Tennyson later writes In Memoriam A.H.H., dies in Vienna (haemorrhage) 26 September – Robert Anderson (born 1770), English Cumbrian dialect poet 4 October – Maria Jane Jewsbury (Fletcher) (born 1800), English writer and poet, dies in India (cholera) 10 October – Thomas Atkinson (born 1801?), Scottish poet, bookseller and politician, dies at sea (consumption) 30 December – William Sotheby (born 1757), English poet and translator Date not known – Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya (born 1771), Rajasthani poet and scholar == See also == 19th century in literature 19th century in poetry Golden Age of Russian Poetry (1800–1850) List of poetry awards List of poets List of years in literature List of years in poetry Poetry Young Germany (Junges Deutschland) a loose group of German writers from about 1830 to 1850 == Notes ==