1615 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- January 23 - English poet John Donne becomes an ordained minister in the Church of England.
Works published
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- 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 Chapman, Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses, publication year uncertain, Books 1-12 from Homers Odysses 1614
- Thomas Collins, The Teares of Love; or, Cupids Progresse
- Samuel Daniel, '
- Sir John Harrington, Epigrams Both Pleasant and Serious
- Samuel Rowlands, Melancholie Knight
- Thomas Scot, ', published this year although the book states "1616"; second part published 1616
- Joshua Sylvester, The Second Session of the Parliament of Vertues Reall, translations from Pierre Mathieu and Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas
- Robert Tofte, The Blazon of Jealousie, translated from Benedetto Varchi
- George Wither:
- * Fidelia, published anonymously
- * ''Shepherds Hunting''
Other
- Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné, Tragiques, set of poems on the persecution of the Huguenots
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- June or July - Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet
- John Denham, English poet
- Germain Habert, French churchman and poet
- Robert Wild, English clergyman and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- June 4 - Vavrinec Benedikt of Nedožery, also known as Laurentius Benedictus Nudozierinus, Slovak
- September 1 - Étienne Pasquier, French poet, humanist and historian
- date not known - Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega, Castilian Spanish poet, playwright and historian