1650 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...
or France
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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Works published
- Robert BaronRobert BaronRobert Baron was a Scottish theologian and one of the so-called Aberdeen doctors. He is commemorated in the Calendar of saints of the Scottish Episcopal Church on 28 March.-Life:...
, Pocula Castalia - Anne BradstreetAnne BradstreetAnne Dudley Bradstreet was New England's first published poet. Her work met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World.-Biography:...
, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in AmericaThe Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in AmericaThe Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America, or Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight, Wherein especially is Contained a Complete Discourse and Description of the Four Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, Seasons of the Year, together with an exact Epitome...
American poet published this volume in London; full title: "The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America, or Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight, Wherein especially is Contained a Complete Discourse and Description of the Four Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, Seasons of the Year, together with an exact Epitome of the Four Monarchies, viz., The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, Roman, Also a Dialogue between Old England and New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasand and serious Poems, By a Gentlewoman in those parts"; includes "In Praise of Mistress Bradstreet", a poem by Nathaniel WardNathaniel WardNathaniel Ward was a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts. He wrote the first constitution in North America in 1641....
; the first verse collection written in the Western Hemisphere by a European and one of the best-selling volumes in 17th century London; the book was republished in 16781678 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Anne Bradstreet, Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, a reprint of The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in Boston, Massachusetts with significant...
with significant additions, six years after her death - William DavenantWilliam DavenantSir William Davenant , also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil...
, A Discourse upon Gondibert, an heroick poem, also known simply as Gondibert, first published this year unfinished, then published again in 16511651 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Anonymous, A Hermeticall Banquet, published this year, although the book states "1652"; some attribute the book to James Howell, others to Thomas Vaughan* William Bosworth, The shaft and Lost...
in its final form (second edition in 16531653 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Margaret Cavendish, Lady Newcastle, Poems, and Fancies, prose and poetry* An Collins, Divine Songs and Meditacions...
with additional poems written by the author's friends) - Robert HeathRobert HeathSir Robert Heath was an English lawyer and judge.-Early life:He was educated at Tunbridge Wells grammar school, St John's College, Cambridge from age 14 and Clifford's Inn from age 17; and became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1603. He was an MP for the City of London in 1620, and became...
, Clarastella: Together with poems occasional, elegies, epigrams, satyrs - John TathamJohn TathamJohn Tatham was an English dramatist of the mid-seventeenth century.Little is known of him. He was a Cavalier who hated the Puritans — and the Scots;he invented a dialect which he claimed was their vernacular tongue...
, Ostella; or, The Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd - Henry VaughanHenry VaughanHenry Vaughan was a Welsh physician and metaphysical poet.Vaughan and his twin brother the hermetic philosopher and alchemist Thomas Vaughan, were the sons of Thomas Vaughan and his wife Denise of 'Trenewydd', Newton, in Brecknockshire, Wales...
, Silex Scintillans; or, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (see also Silex Scintillans 16551655 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* John Cotgrave, The English Treasury of Wit and Language: collected out of the most, and best of our English drammatick poems; methodically digested into common places for generall use...
) - Thomas VaughanThomas VaughanThomas Vaughan may refer to:*Thomas Vaughan , Welsh soldier, diplomat, and chamberlain to the eldest son of King Edward IV*Thomas Vaughan , Welsh-See also:*Tom Vaughan...
writing under the pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
"Eugenius Philalethes", Anthroposophia Theomagica; or, A Discourse of the Nature of Man and his State After Death
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Juana Inés de la Cruz some biographers record her birth year as 1648 (died 16951695 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Joseph Addison, A Poem to His Majesty* Sir Richard Blackmore, Prince Arthur...
), self-taught Novohispana scholar, nun, poet, and writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Phineas FletcherPhineas FletcherPhineas Fletcher was an English poet, elder son of Dr Giles Fletcher, and brother of Giles the younger. He was born at Cranbrook, Kent, and was baptized on 8 April 1582.-Life:...
(born 15821582 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Philip Sidney , Astrophil and Stella* Richard Stanyhurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aneis...
), 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... - James GrahamJames Graham, 1st Marquess of MontroseJames Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed...
(born 16121612 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* George Chapman, translator, Petrarchs Seven Penitentiall Psalms, Paraphrastically Translated...
), 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of Montrose (Scotland) and poet - Martin PeersonMartin PeersonMartin Peerson was an English composer, organist and virginalist...
(born 15731573 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Cristóbal de Castillejo, Works of Castillejo Expurgated by the Inquisition, published posthumously in Madrid, Spain...
), 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...
composer, organist and virginalist who wrote hymns, madrigals and other sacred and secular music - Jean RotrouJean RotrouJean Rotrou was a French poet and tragedian.Rotrou was born at Dreux in Normandy. He studied at Dreux and at Paris, and, though three years younger than Pierre Corneille, began writing before him. In 1632 he became playwright to the actors of the Hôtel de Bourgogne...
(born 16091609 in poetry— Last lines from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, published this year and, four centuries later, still "eternal lines"Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature ....
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench 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:...
poet and tragedian
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