1644 in poetry
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
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French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Great BritainEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- John ClevelandJohn ClevelandJohn Cleveland was an English poet.The son of an usher in a charity school, Cleveland was born in Loughborough, and educated at Hinckley Grammar School. Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge, he graduated BA in 1632 and became a fellow of St John's College in 1634...
, The Character of a London Diurnall, anonymously published - Francis QuarlesFrancis QuarlesFrancis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.-Career:Francis was born in Romford, Essex, , and baptised there on 8 May 1592. He traced his ancestry to a family settled in England before the Norman Conquest with a long history in royal service...
:- Barnabas and Boanerges: Or, wine and oyle for afflicted soules, Part 2 also published this year in an unauthorized edition as Barnabas and Boanerges; both parts published together under the title Judgement and Mercie for Afflicted Soules 16461646 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Guillaume Colletet, Le Banquet des Poètes...
- The Shepheards Oracle
- Barnabas and Boanerges: Or, wine and oyle for afflicted soules, Part 2 also published this year in an unauthorized edition as Barnabas and Boanerges; both parts published together under the title Judgement and Mercie for Afflicted Soules 1646
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Matsuo BashōMatsuo Basho, born , then , was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear haiku...
(died 16941694 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works:* Joseph Addison, An Account of the Greatest English Poets...
), famous poet of the Edo periodEdo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
in Japan, especially HaikuHaiku' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"... - Isaac Chayyim CantariniIsaac Chayyim CantariniIsaac Chayyim Cantarini, also known as Isaacus Viva, was an Italian poet, writer, physician, rabbi and preacher. He studied Hebrew and the Talmud with Solomon Marini, author of the Tiqqun 'Olam, and with the poet Moses Catalano. His instructor in secular subjects was Bernardo de Laurentius...
(died 17231723 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English colonies in America:* Samuel Keimer, Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of [....
), Italian poet, writer, physician, rabbi and preacher - Frances Norton, Lady NortonFrances Norton, Lady NortonFrances Norton, Lady Norton was an English religious poet and prose writer who primarily wrote about grief. She was born in Oxford and married Sir George Norton in 1672. This George Norton was the son of the Sir George Norton who hid Charles II at the time of the regicide of Charles I...
(died 17311731 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The only complete manuscript of Beowulf and the original manuscript of The Battle of Maldon are damaged in a fire at the archives of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton.* The Gentleman's Magazine is started and...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
religious poet and prose writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Nicholas BourbonNicholas Bourbon (the younger)Nicolas Bourbon was a French clergyman and neo-Latin poet. He was elected the second occupant of Académie française seat 29 in 1637....
(born 15741574 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, La Muse chrétienne, a theoretical work that advocates a Christian poetry; published along with several didactic poems, including Judith, Uranie and Le...
), French clergyman and neo-Latin poet - Peter HaustedPeter HaustedPeter Hausted , Doctor of Divinity, was a "playwright, poet, preacher" in early 17th-century England. In his own time, he was notorious as a flamboyant preacher against Puritan and sectarian dissent in the Church of England, and was remembered for the riot that accompanied the 1632 debut of his...
(born 16051605 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Nicholas Breton:** The Honour of Valour** The Soules Immortall Crowne...
), playwright, poet, preacher - Geoffrey KeatingGeoffrey KeatingSeathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian. He was born in County Tipperary c. 1569, and died c. 1644...
(born 15691569 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Stephen Bateman, The Travayled Pylgrime, translated from Olivier de la Marche's Le chevalier delibere...
), Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian - Rhys PrichardRhys PrichardRhys Prichard was a Welsh clergyman and poet. He was vicar of Llandovery in the west of Wales and held various posts at St David's Cathedral. He was known as "Yr Hen Ficer"...
(born 15791579 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:*Thomas Churchyard, A lamentable and pitifull Description of the wofull warres in Flanders, including two poems Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or...
), Welsh language poet and a vicar - Francis QuarlesFrancis QuarlesFrancis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.-Career:Francis was born in Romford, Essex, , and baptised there on 8 May 1592. He traced his ancestry to a family settled in England before the Norman Conquest with a long history in royal service...
(born 15921592 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Nicholas Breton, The Pilgrimage to Paradise...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is... - George SandysGeorge SandysGeorge Sandys was an English traveller, colonist and poet.-Life:He was born in Bishopsthorpe, the seventh and youngest son of Edwin Sandys, archbishop of York. He studied at St Mary Hall, Oxford, but took no degree...
(born 15781578 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Thomas Blenerhasset, The Seconde Part of the Mirrour for Magistrates * Thomas Proctor, editor, A Gorgious Gallery, of Gallant Inventions, including contributions by Proctor,...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
traveller, colonist and poet, the seventh and youngest son of Church of England Archbishop Edwin SandysEdwin Sandys (archbishop)Archbishop Edwin Sandys was an English prelate.He was Anglican Bishop of Worcester , London and Archbishop of York during the reign of Elizabeth I of England... - Luís Vélez de GuevaraLuís Vélez de GuevaraLuis Vélez de Guevara was a Spanish dramatist and novelist.Velez de Guevara was born at Écija and was of Jewish converso descent...
(born 15791579 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:*Thomas Churchyard, A lamentable and pitifull Description of the wofull warres in Flanders, including two poems Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or...
), Spanish dramatist, poet, and novelist
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- 17th century in poetry17th century in poetry-Denmark:* Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor , hymns, some of which are still sung-Other:* Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey , Germany-Danish poets:* Anders Arrebo...
- 17th century in literature17th century in literatureSee also: 17th century in poetry, 16th century in literature*Early Modern literature*other events of the 17th century*18th century in literature, 1700 in literature,and list of years in literature.-Events and trends:...
- Cavalier poets in England, who supported the monarch against the puritans in the English Civil War