1671 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie française
Works published
- Anonymous, Westminster-Drollery; or, A Choice Collection of the Newest Songs & Poems Both at Court & Theaters
- John Milton, Paradise Regain'd: A poem To which is added Samson Agonistes, published in May
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 6 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and epigrammatist
- September 7 - Antoine Danchet, French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet
- September 28 – Sarah Dixon, English poet
- November 6 - Colley Cibber, English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 30 - Fran Krsto Frankopan, Croatian poet and politician
- September 28 - Jean de Montigny, French philosophic writer and poet
- Pierre Le Moyne, French Jesuit poet
- Sokuhi Nyoitsu, Chinese Buddhist monk, poet and calligrapher
- Yun Sŏndo, Korean poet and government official