1825 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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Events
- La bibliothèque canadienne, a French CanadianCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
magazine edited by Michel BibaudMichel BibaudMichel Bibaud was a writer and educator in Montreal.Bibaud was the founder and editor of La Bibliothèque canadienne with the close assistance of Joseph-Marie Bellenger. His body of work was diverse and large. The historical content has importance to the events of the time.Bibaud is credited with...
, begins publishing this year (and will continue to 18301830 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Godey's Lady's Book, the most popular women's magazine of the 19th century in the United States, is founded in Philadelphia by Louise Antoine Godey. Its circulation would reach 150,000...
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United KingdomEnglish 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...
- Anna Laetitia BarbauldAnna Laetitia BarbauldAnna Laetitia Barbauld was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and children's author.A "woman of letters" who published in multiple genres, Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when female professional writers were rare...
, The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, edited by Lucy AikinLucy AikinLucy Aikin , born at Warrington, England into a distinguished literary family of prominent Unitarians, was a historical writer.-Family and education:... - Sara ColeridgeSara ColeridgeSara Coleridge was an English author and translator. She was the fourth child and only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his wife Sarah Fricker.-Early life:...
, translator from the 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:...
of Jacques de Mailles, The History of the Chevalier Bayard - Louisa Costello, Songs of a Stranger
- Allan Cunningham, editor, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern, anthology
- Charles DibdinCharles DibdinCharles Dibdin was a British musician, dramatist, novelist, actor and songwriter. The son of a parish clerk, he was born in Southampton on or before 4 March 1745, and was the youngest of a family of 18....
, Comic Tales an Lyrical Fancies - Alexander DyceAlexander DyceAlexander Dyce was a Scottish dramatic editor and literary historian.He was born in Edinburgh and received his early education at the high school there, before becoming a student at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1819...
, editor, Specimens of British Poetesses, anthology - Felicia Dorothea Hemans, The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems
- Thomas HoodThomas HoodThomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.-Early life:...
and J. H. Reynolds, published anonymously, Odes and Addresses to Great People - Leigh Hunt, Bacchus in Tuscany, translated from the ItalianItalian poetry-Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....
, Bacco in Tuscana ("Bacchus in Tuscany") by Francesco RediFrancesco RediFrancesco Redi was an Italian physician, naturalist, and poet.-Biography:The son of Gregorio Redi and Cecilia de Ghinci was born in Arezzo on February 18, 1626. After schooling with the Jesuits, he attended the University of Pisa... - Letitia Elizabeth LandonLetitia Elizabeth LandonLetitia Elizabeth Landon , English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L.- Early life :...
, 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...
"L. E. L.", The Troubador, Catalogue of Pictures, and Historical Sketches - Robert SoutheyRobert SoutheyRobert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
, A Tale of ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the... - William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
, Yarrow Revisited, and Other Poems
United States
- John Gardiner Calkins BrainardJohn Gardiner Calkins BrainardJohn Gardiner Calkins Brainard was an American lawyer, editor and poet.-Biography:John Brainard was born in New London, Connecticut in October 1796, son of Jeremiah G. Brainard, formerly a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court...
, Occasional Pieces of Poetry, a well-received collection partly reprinting poems the author had contributed to the Connecticut Mirror, which he edited from 18221822 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Leigh Hunt start The Liberal, a periodical edited by John Hunt; it lasts four issues and ends with Shelley's death in August.-United Kingdom:* William Barnes, Orra: A...
to 18271827 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Bernard Barton, A Widow's Tale, and Other Poems* Robert Bloomfield, The Poems of Robert Bloomfield... - William Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.-Youth and education:...
:- Lectures on Poetry, a series of four lectures given at the New York Athenaeum, presenting his theory of poetry, influenced by English Romantic poets; he also objected to the ideas that America lacked poetic material, that the country's language was too primitive for poetry and that American society was too pragmatic and materialistic to support a national poetry
- A Forest Hymn
- The Death of the Flowers
- Charles FollenCharles FollenCharles Follen was a German poet and patriot, who later moved to the United States and became the first professor of German at Harvard University, a Unitarian minister, and a radical abolitionist.-Life in Europe:...
, Hymns for Children - Fitz-Greene HalleckFitz-Greene HalleckFitz-Greene Halleck was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called "the American Byron"...
, "Marco Bozzaris", inspired by the death of Bozarris, a Greek hero in the war of independence against the Ottoman Empire; the work appeared in several periodicals and was praised, although Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
criticized it as lacking in lyricism - William Leggett, Leisure Hours at Sea
- Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
, poems published in several newspapers and the United States Literary Gazette include: "Autumnal Nightfall", "Woods in Winter", "The Angler's Song", and "Hymn of the Moravian Nuns" - Edward Coote PinkneyEdward Coote PinkneyEdward Coote Pinkney was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802, Pinkney made his way to Maryland. After attending college, he joined the United States Navy and traveled throughout the Mediterranean and elsewhere...
, Poems, lyric verses including "Rudolph, a Fragment" (first published separately 18231823 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published in English:* Robert Bloomfield, Hazelwood Hall, verse drama...
)), in the style of Lord Byron - William Gilmore SimmsWilliam Gilmore SimmsWilliam Gilmore Simms was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced...
, Monody on Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charleston
Other
- Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreMarceline Desbordes-ValmoreMarceline Desbordes-Valmore was a French poet.She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore....
, Elégies et Poésies nouvelles, FranceFrench 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:... - Adam MickiewiczAdam MickiewiczAdam Bernard Mickiewicz ) was a Polish poet, publisher and political writer of the Romantic period. One of the primary representatives of the Polish Romanticism era, a national poet of Poland, he is seen as one of Poland's Three Bards and the greatest poet in all of Polish literature...
, Crimean Sonnets, PolandPolish poetryPolish poetry has a centuries old history, similar to the Polish literature.Three most famous Polish poets are known as the Three Bards: Adam Mickiewicz , Juliusz Słowacki and Zygmunt Krasiński ....
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Peter John AllanPeter John Allan----Peter John Allan was a Canadian poet.Peter John Allan was born in York, England, the third son of Dr. Colin Allan and Jane Gibbon. Peter John Allan's father was Chief Medical Officer at Halifax before moving to Fredericton in 1836 upon his retirement...
, CanadianCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience... - John Askham
- Dhiro (born 17531753 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for the third time...
), devotional poet - Henrietta Anne Huxley
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Adelaide Anne ProcterAdelaide Anne ProcterAdelaide Anne Procter was an English poet and philanthropist. She worked on behalf of a number of causes, most prominently on behalf of unemployed women and the homeless, and was actively involved with feminist groups and journals. Procter never married, and some of her poetry has prompted...
- Bayard TaylorBayard TaylorBayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author.-Life and work:...
, American - Frances Ellen Watkins, American
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- March 9 – Anna Laetitia BarbauldAnna Laetitia BarbauldAnna Laetitia Barbauld was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and children's author.A "woman of letters" who published in multiple genres, Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when female professional writers were rare...
, (born 17431743 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Robert Blair, The Grave a work representative of the Graveyard poets movement* Samuel Boyse, Albion's Triumph...
), 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... - Lady Anne BarnardLady Anne BarnardLady Anne Barnard , née Anne Lindsay, eldest daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres was born at Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland. She was author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray and an accomplished travel writer, artist and socialite of the period...
- Mary Darwall
- Lucretia Maria DavidsonLucretia Maria DavidsonLucretia Maria Davidson was an American poet of the early 19th century.-Biography:She was born in Plattsburgh, New York, on September 27, 1808. Her father, Oliver Davidson, was a physician, and her mother, Margaret Miller, was an author...
- William KnoxWilliam Knox (Scottish poet)William Knox was a Scottish poet. The son of a farmer in Roxburghshire, he wrote several books of poetry, The Lonely Hearth, Songs of Israel, Harp of Zion, etc., which gained him the friendship of Walter Scott. He fell into dissipated habits, was latterly a journalist in Edinburgh, and died at 36...
, Scots - Lady Anne Lindsay
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...
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 19th century in literature19th century in literatureSee also: 19th century in poetry, 18th century in literature, other events of the 19th century, 20th century in literature, list of years in literature....
- 19th century in poetry19th century in poetry-Decades and years:...
- Romantic poetryRomantic poetryRomanticism, a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural era which began in the mid/late-1700s as a reaction against the prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day , also influenced poetry...
- Golden Age of Russian PoetryGolden Age of Russian PoetryGolden Age of Russian Poetry is the name traditionally applied by Russian philologists to the first half of the 19th century. It is also called the Age of Pushkin, after its most significant poet...
(1800–1850) - Weimar ClassicismWeimar ClassicismWeimar Classicism is a cultural and literary movement of Europe. Followers attempted to establish a new humanism by synthesizing Romantic, classical and Enlightenment ideas...
period in Germany, commonly considered to have begun in 1788 and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
, or 1832, with the death of Goethe - List of poets