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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...
- Anonymous, An Antidote Against Melancholy, one of the most important and earliest collections of "drolleries"
- Alexander BromeAlexander BromeAlexander Brome was an English poet.He was by profession an attorney, and was the author of many drinking songs and of satirical verses in favor of the Royalists and in opposition to the Rump Parliament...
, Songs and Other Poems - John BunyanJohn BunyanJohn Bunyan was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August, and on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church on 29 August.-Life:In 1628,...
, Profitable Meditations Fitted to Mans Different Condition, the author's first prison work and first published verse - John DrydenJohn DrydenJohn Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...
, To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyrick on his Coronation, Charles II of EnglandCharles II of EnglandCharles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
was crowned April 23 this year - John EvelynJohn EvelynJohn Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist.Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February...
, A Panegyric to Charles the Second - Edmund WallerEdmund WallerEdmund Waller, FRS was an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1679.- Early life :...
, A Poem on St James's Park - George WitherGeorge WitherGeorge Wither was an English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist. He was a prolific writer who adopted a deliberate plainness of style; he was several times imprisoned. C. V...
, The Prisoners Plea
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- Anders ArreboAnders ArreboAnders Arrebo was a Danish poet and Lutheran Bishop. He was appointed Bishop to Trondheim in 1618, but had to leave office in 1622. His main contribution to literature is the poem Hexaëmeron....
, Hexaemeron, poem describing the six days of Creation, written c. 1622, published posthumously
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- William ClelandWilliam ClelandWilliam Cleland was a Scottish poet and soldier.William was the son of Thomas Cleland, gamekeeper to the Marquess of Douglas, chief of the House of Douglas. He was probably brought up on the Douglas estate, centred at Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, and was educated at St Andrew's University...
(died 16891689 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Thomas Shadwell appointed poet laureate* Matsuo Bashō visits Kisakata, Akita, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands...
), Scottish poet and soldier - Anne FinchAnne FinchAnne Finch may refer to:* Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway née Finch, , an English philosopher* Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea , Countess and poet...
(died 17201720 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Jane Brereton, An Expostulatory Epistle to Sir Richard Steele upon the Death of Mr...
), countess of Winchilsea, 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...
poet - Samuel GarthSamuel GarthSir Samuel Garth FRS was an English physician and poet.Garth was born in Bolam in County Durham and matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1676, graduating B.A. in 1679 and...
(died 17191719 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Joseph Addison:** The Old Whig. Numb. I, published anonymously on March 19** The Old Whig. Numb...
), English physician and poet - Takarai KikakuTakarai KikakuTakarai Kikaku, 宝井其角 also known as Enomoto Kikaku, was a Japanese haikai poet and among the most accomplished disciples of Matsuo Bashō....
宝井其角, also known as "Enomoto Kikaku" (died 17071707 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Elizabeth Bradford and William Bradford write prefatory poems for Benjamin Keach's War with the Devil, Colonial America...
), JapaneseJapanese poetryJapanese poets first encountered Chinese poetry during the Tang Dynasty. It took them several hundred years to digest the foreign impact, make it a part of their culture and merge it with their literary tradition in their mother tongue, and begin to develop the diversity of their native poetry. For...
haikuHaiku' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...
poet and disciple of 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... - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of HalifaxCharles Montagu, 1st Earl of HalifaxCharles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS was an English poet and statesman.-Early life:Charles Montagu was born in Horton, Northamptonshire, the son of George Montagu, fifth son of 1st Earl of Manchester...
(died 17151715 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Susanna Centlivre, A Poem. Humbly Presented to His most Sacred Majesty George, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland...
), English poet and statesman - John TutchinJohn TutchinJohn Tutchin was a radical Whig controversialist and gadfly English journalist , whose The Observator and earlier political activism earned him multiple trips before the bar. He was of a Puritan background and held strongly anti-Catholic views.-The Bloody Assizes:In 1685 he wrote Poems on several...
(died 17071707 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Elizabeth Bradford and William Bradford write prefatory poems for Benjamin Keach's War with the Devil, Colonial America...
), radical Whig controversialist, gadfly 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...
journalist and poet - Johanna Eleonora De la GardieJohanna Eleonora De la GardieJohanna Eleonora De la Gardie , was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noble.Daughter of Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck...
(died 17081708 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-- From Richard Blackmore's The Kit-Kats. A Poem, Chapter 6, published this year and referring to the Kit-Kat Club in which the influential publisher Jacob Tonson was a prominent member...
), Swedish poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Antoine Gérard de Saint-AmantAntoine Gérard de Saint-AmantAntoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant , French poet, was born near Rouen.His father was a merchant who had, according to his son's account, been a sailor and had commanded for 22 years "une escadre de la reine Elizabeth"--a vague statement that lacks confirmation...
(born 15941594 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:*Richard Barnfield, The Affectionate Shepheard...
), 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:... - Antonio Enríquez GómezAntonio Enríquez GómezAntonio Enríquez Gómez , Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist of Portuguese-Jewish origin, was known in the early part of his career as Enríque Enríquez de Paz...
(born 16011601 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Nicholas Breton, A Divine Poeme* Robert Chester, Loues martyr: or, Rosalins complaint...
), Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist - Barten HolydayBarten HolydayBarten Holyday or Holiday was a clergyman, author and poet. He earned a Doctor of Divinity degree, and entered the clergy in 1615; he was appointed archdeacon of Oxford by King Charles I in 1626. Technogamia was his only play. In 1618, the year it was produced, Holyday served as Sir Francis...
(born 15931593 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Anonymous, The Phoeix Nest, anthology with poems by Thomas Lodge, Nicholas Breton, Sir Walter Ralegh and others; three elegies on Sir Philip Sidney, the "Phoenix" of the title, open the...
), 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...
clergyman, author and poet - María de ZayasMaría de ZayasMaría de Zayas y Sotomayor wroteduring Spain's Golden Age of literature. Sheis considered by a number of modern critics as one of the pioneers ofmodern literary feminism, while others consider her simply a...
(born 15901590 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* With the encouragement of Sir Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spenser joins him on a trip to London, where Ralegh presented the celebrated poet to Queen Elizabeth I.-Works:* George Peele, Polyhymnia* Edmund...
), SpanishSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
poet and playwright
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:...
- Restoration literatureRestoration literatureRestoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration , which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland...