1637 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- After August 16 - Sir William Davenant becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Ben Jonson
Works published
- Sir William Alexander, Recreations with the Muses, contains Four Monarchicke Tragedies, Doomesday, A Paraenesis to Prince Henry, and Jonathan: An heroicke poem
- Arthur Johnston, Scottish poet writing in Latin
- * Psalmorum Davidis paraphrasis poetica et canticorum evangelicorum, translation of the Psalms
- * Deliciae poetarum Scotorum huius aevi illustrium, edited anthology
- Thomas Jordan, Poeticall Varieties; or, Varietie of Fancies including "Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant"
- Ralph Knevet, Funerall Elegies, elegies on Lady Katherine Paston
- Shackerley Marmion, The Legend of Cupid and Psyche
- Nathaniel Whiting, ''Le hore di recreatione; or, The Pleasant Historie of Albino and Bellama''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- August 16 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Before July - Henry Adamson, Scottish poet and historian
- February 3 - Gervase Markham, English poet and writer
- May 29 - Jiří Třanovský, also known as "Juraj Tranovský" or "Georgius Tranoscius", Czech and Slovak hymnwriter, sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs"
- July 26 - Philippe Habert, French poet
- August 10 - Edward King, Irish poet writing in Latin in England; a friend of John Milton who writes "Lycidas" in his memory ; drowned in shipwreck in the Irish Sea
- c. August 16 - Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet
- Johannes Narssius, Dutch-born New Latin poet and physician