1691 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Main article: 1691

Works published

• Richard Ames:
  • The Female Fire-Ships: A satyr against whoring, published anonymously ^[1]
  • Islington-Wells; or, The Threepenny-academy, published anonymously ^[1]
• Benjamin Keach, Spiritual Melody ^[1]
• Nahum Tate, Characters of Vertue and Vice, a verse paraphrase of Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices, a 1608 prose work ^[1]
• Edward Ward, The Poet's Ramble After Riches, published anonymously ^[1]
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, &c. on Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published ^[2]

Births

• Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (died 1754), Irish poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• March 1 – Sultan Bahu (born 1628), Muslim Sufi saint and poet
• October 10 – Isaac de Benserade (born 1613), French poet
• Mathias Balen (born 1611), Dutch historian and poet
• Probable date – Samuel Pordage (born 1633), English poet and cleric

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature

Notes

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN   0-19-860634-6
2. Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.