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

Events

• December – Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne . ^[1]

Works published in English

United Kingdom

This year three works of poetry, all written by women (the Falconars, More and Yearsley), condemn slavery; while Samuel Pratt is an early advocate of animal rights:

• Henry Cary, Sonnets and Odes, ^[2] the author turns 16 years old this year
• William Collins, Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland ^[2]
• William Crowe, Lewesdon Hill, published anonymously ^[2]
• Maria Falconar and Harriet Falconar:
  • Poems ^[2]
  • Poems on Slavery ^[2]
• James Hurdis, The Village Curate ^[2]
• Robert Merry, writing under the pen name "Della Crusca", Diversity ^[2]
• Hannah More, Slavery: A Poem
• "Peter Pindar", see John Wolcot, below
• Samuel Jackson Pratt, Sympathy
• William Whitehead, Poems by William Whitehead, published posthumously, edited by William Mason (see also Plays and Poems 1774) ^[2]
• John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Tales and Fables ^[2]
• Ann Yearsley, A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade ^[2]

United States

• Timothy Dwight, published anonymously, "The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem", ^[3] satire in heroic couplets; supports Calvinism and attacks Voltaire, David Hume, Joseph Priestley and their followers ^[4]
• Philip Freneau, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. Philip Freneau, Containing His Essays and Additional Poems ^[4]
• Francis Hopkinson:
  • An Ode, in honor of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution ^[3]
  • Seven Songs, for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano ^[3]
• Peter Markoe:
  • "The Times", satire on prominent Philadelphia society people ^[4]
  • "The Storm", attributed to Markoe ^[4]
• William Roscoe, The Wrongs of Africa: A Poem ^[3]
• Susanna Rowson:
  • Poems on Various Subjects ^[5]
  • A Trip to Parnassus ^[4]

Works published in other languages

• Basilio da Gama, Relação abreviada da República e Lenitivo da saudade; Brazil ^[6]
• Joseph Quesnel, Colas et Colinette, a comedy in verse, French language, published in Quebec, Canada ^[7]

Births

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

• January 22 – Lord Byron (died 1824), English poet and leading figure in Romanticism
• March 10 – Joseph von Eichendorff (died 1857), German poet and novelist
• May 16 – Friedrich Rückert (died 1866), German poet, translator and professor of Oriental languages
• June (day unknown) – Eliza Townsend (died 1854), American poet who published anonymously
• c. October 14 – Robert Millhouse (died 1839), English weaver poet
• October 24 – Sarah Josepha Hale (died 1879), American writer, influential editor, author of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
• December 6 – Richard H. Barham ("Thomas Ingoldsby") (died 1845), English poet, humorist and priest

Deaths

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

• March 29 – Charles Wesley (born 1707), English Methodist clergyman and hymn writer
• June 12 – Johann Andreas Cramer (born 1723), German poet, writer and theologian
• July 5 – Mather Byles, (born 1707), English Colonial American clergyman and poet ^[4]
• July 31 – Thomas Russell (born 1762), English poet whose Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems are posthumously published in 1789
• October 13 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent (born 1709), Irish poet and politician
• October 28 – William Julius Mickle (born 1734), Scottish-born poet
• Giulio Variboba (born 1725), Arbëresh poet

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poetry

Notes

1. "Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne". BBC . Retrieved 2012-01-26.
2. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-860634-6.
3. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
4. Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN   978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
5. Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 ISBN   978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
6. Web page titled "Basílio da Gama/Bibliografia" at the Academia Brasilia Letros website, retrieved February 4, 2009
7. Story, Noah, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature, "Poetry in French" article, pp 651-654, Oxford University Press, 1967