1642 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- May-June - English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace is incarcerated in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster for defying Parliament, during which time he perhaps writes ''To Althea, from Prison''
Works published
- John Denham, Cooper's Hill, the first example in English of a poem devoted to local description, in this case the Thames scenery around the author's home at Egham in Surrey; the poem was rewritten many times and later received high praise from Samuel Johnson, although Denham's reputation later ebbed
- Arthur Johnston, died 1641, Opera, Scottish poet writing in Latin
- Sir Francis Kynaston, Leoline and Sydanis
- Henry More, Psychodia Platonica; or, A Platonicall Song of the Soul
- Alexander Ross, Mel Heliconium; or, Poeticall Honey
- John Taylor, ''Mad Fashions, Odd Fashions, All Out of Fashions; or, The Emblems of those Distracted Times''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Abdul-Qādir Bēdil, Persian poet and Sufi
- Yusuf Nabi, Turkish diwan poet
- Ihara Saikaku, Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose, ukiyo-zōshi
- Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright appointed poet laureate in 1689
- Edward Taylor, Colonial American poet, physician and clergyman
- December 30 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- June 1 - Sir John Suckling, English
- John Chalkhill, English
- Francis Kynaston, English courtier, poet and translator
- James Mabbe, English scholar, poet and translator