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1621 in poetry
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1621 poetry literature
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
November 22 – English poet John Donne is installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Works published
Great Britain
John Ashmore, translator, Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished; and their Arguments AnnexedCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm
Richard Brathwaite:
Natures Embassie; or, The Wilde-Mans Measures
Times Curtaine Drawne; or, The Anatomie of Vanitie
Ralph Crane, The Workes of Mercy, Both Corporeal and Spiritual
Francis Quarles, Hadassa; or, The History of Queene Ester
George Sandys, The First Five Books of Ovid's Metamorphosis, published anonymously (see also Ovid's Metamorphosis 1626)
Rachel Speght, Mortalities Memorandum: With a dreame prefixed, imaginarie in manner, reall in matter
John Taylor:
The Praise, Antiquity, and Commodity, of Beggery, Beggers and Begging
Superbiae Flagellum; or, The Whip of Pride
George Wither, The Songs of the Old Testament, verses and music
Lady Mary Wroth (Sir Philip Sidney's niece), Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, sonnet sequence written since 1613 partially included in The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
Other
Théophile de Viau, Œuvres poétiques, France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 31 – Andrew Marvell (died 1678), English metaphysical poet and parliamentarian
April 17 – Henry Vaughan (died 1695), Welsh poet
July 8 – Jean de La Fontaine (died 1695), French poet and fable writer
July 24 – Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (died 1693), Polish poet and member of the noble class Szlachta
Rupa Bhavani (died 1721), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
Jane Cavendish (died 1669), English poet and playwright
Wacław Potocki (died 1696), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet and writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 28 – Ottavio Rinuccini (born 1562), Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist
August 3 – Guillaume du Vair (born 1556), French writer and poet
August 15 – John Barclay (born 1582), Scottish satirist and poet
September 25 – Mary Herbert (born 1561), English poet, translator, patron, hostess of a literary salon, and sister of Philip Sidney
October 12 – Pierre Matthieu (born 1563), French playwright, poet and historian
See also
Poetry
Poetry
16th century in poetry
16th century in literature
Notes
Category:17th-century poetry
Poetry