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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 Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave
- Richard Brathwaite, published under the name "Misosukos" to his friend "Philokrates", A Strappado for the Divell
- George ChapmanGeorge ChapmanGeorge Chapman was an English dramatist, translator, and poet. He was a classical scholar, and his work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman has been identified as the Rival Poet of Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Minto, and as an anticipator of the Metaphysical Poets...
, Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses, publication year uncertain, Books 1–12 from Homers Odysses 16141614 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-Great Britain:...
(see also Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer 15981598 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:*Richard Barnfield:** The Encomium of Lady Pecunia; or, The Praise of Money** Poems in Divers Humours...
, Homer Prince of Poets 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 ....
, The Iliads of Homer 16111611 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works:* Richard Brathwaite, The Golden Fleece...
, The Whole Workes of Homer 16161616 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke...
) - Thomas CollinsThomas CollinsThomas Collins may refer to:* Thomas Collins , American lawyer and Governor of Delaware* Thomas Collins , Member of Parliament for Knaresborough and Boston...
, The Teares of Love; or, Cupids Progresse - Samuel DanielSamuel DanielSamuel Daniel was an English poet and historian.-Early life:Daniel was born near Taunton in Somerset, the son of a music-master. He was the brother of lutenist and composer John Danyel. Their sister Rosa was Edmund Spenser's model for Rosalind in his The Shepherd's Calendar; she eventually married...
, Hymens Triumph: A pastorall tragicomaedie - Sir John Harrington, Epigrams Both Pleasant and Serious (see also The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams 16181618 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* George Chapman, translator, The Georgicks of Hesiod, from the Greek of Hesiod's Works and Days...
) - Samuel RowlandsSamuel RowlandsSamuel Rowlands , English author of pamphlets in prose and verse, which reflect the follies and humours of the lower middle-class life of his time, seems to have had no contemporary literary reputation; but his work throws considerable light on the development of popular literature and social life...
, Melancholie Knight - Thomas ScotThomas ScotThomas Scot was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.- Early life :In 1626 Thomas Scot married Alice Allinson of Chesterford in Essex. He was a lawyer in Buckinghamshire and grew to prominence as the treasurer of the region’s County Committee between 1644 to...
, Philomythie or Philomythologie: Wherein outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely, published this year although the book states "1616"; second part published 16161616 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke... - Joshua SylvesterJoshua SylvesterJoshua Sylvester was an English poet.-Biography:Sylvester was the son of a Kentish clothier. In his tenth year he was sent to school at King Edward VI School, Southampton, where he gained a knowledge of French...
, The Second Session of the Parliament of Vertues Reall, translations from Pierre Mathieu and Guillaume de Salluste du BartasGuillaume de Salluste Du BartasGuillaume de Salluste Du Bartas was a French poet. A Huguenot, he served under Henry of Navarre. He is known as an epic poet. La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde was a hugely influential hexameral work, relating the creation of the world and the history of man...
(see also The Parliament of Vertues Royal 16141614 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-Great Britain:...
) - Robert TofteRobert TofteRobert Tofte was an English translator and poet. He is best known for his translations of Ariosto's Satires and his sonnet sequences: Alba, The Months Minde of a Melancholy Lover , and Laura, The Toyes of a Traveller: Or, The Feast of Fancie...
, The Blazon of Jealousie, translated from Benedetto VarchiBenedetto VarchiBenedetto Varchi was an Italian humanist, a historian and poet.-Biography:Born in Florence to a family that had originated at Montevarchi, he frequented the neoplatonic academy that Bernardo Rucellai organized in his garden, the Orti Oricellari; there, in spite of the fact that Rucellai was... - 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...
:- Fidelia, published anonymously
- Shepherds Hunting
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- Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné, Tragiques, set of poems on the persecution of the HuguenotHuguenotThe Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
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Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- John DenhamJohn Denham (poet)Sir John Denham was an English poet and courtier. He served as Surveyor of the King's Works and is buried in Westminster Abbey....
(died 16691669 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Sir John Denham, Cato Major of Old Age, a verse paraphrase of Cicero's De senectute...
), 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 - Germain HabertGermain HabertGermain Habert de Cérisy was a French churchman and poet. He was abbot of Saint-Vigor.Germain Habert was born in Paris...
(died 16541654 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Robert Aylet, Divine, and Moral Speculations in Metrical Numbers, Upon Various Subjects, including previously published verses along with "The Song of Songs" and "The Brides Ornaments",...
), 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:...
churchman and poet - Salvator RosaSalvator RosaSalvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter, poet and printmaker, active in Naples, Rome and Florence. As a painter, he is best known as an "unorthodox and extravagant" and a "perpetual rebel" proto-Romantic.-Early life:...
(died 16731673 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir William Davenant, The Works of Sr William D'Avenant, prose and poetry* John Milton, Poems, &...
), 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....
painter and poet - Jacques Vallee, Sieur Des BarreauxJacques Vallee, Sieur Des BarreauxJacques Vallée, Sieur Des Barreaux , French poet, was born in Chateauneuf-sur-Loire on December 16, 1599. His great-uncle, Geoffroy-Valle, had been hanged in 1574 for the authorship of a book called Le Flau de la Joy. His nephew appears to have inherited his scepticism, which on one occasion nearly...
(died 16731673 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir William Davenant, The Works of Sr William D'Avenant, prose and poetry* John Milton, Poems, &...
), 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:...
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- September 1 – Étienne PasquierÉtienne PasquierÉtienne Pasquier , French lawyer and man of letters, was born at Paris, on 7 June 1529 by his own account, according to others a year earlier. He was called to the Paris bar in 1549....
(born 15291529 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Anonymous, Solomon and Marcolphus, publication year uncertain, England...
), 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, humanist and historian - date not known – Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la VegaGabriel Lobo Lasso de la VegaGabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega was a Castilian poet, playwright, and historian of the Spanish Golden Age.De la Vega came from a minor noble family, the Counts of Puertollano. He studied under the epic poet Alonso de Ercilla from 1571 to 1572. He was a king's guardsman under Philip II and Philip III...
(born 15551555 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-France:*Joachim du Bellay, Les Regrets, France* Jean Antoine de Baïf, Les Amours de Francine...
), Castilian 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, playwright and historian - date not known – Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer, also known as Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino (born 15551555 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-France:*Joachim du Bellay, Les Regrets, France* Jean Antoine de Baïf, Les Amours de Francine...
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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...
- 16th century in poetry16th century in poetry-Works published:* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry .-England:* John Skelton -Works published:* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva...
- 16th century in literature16th century in literatureSee also: 16th century in poetry, 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:1508...