1672 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
Le Mercure galant was founded in France by Donneau de Visé. The periodical initially contained only political news, but soon featured occasional verse, light fiction and gossipy letters.Works published
- Anonymous, Westminster Drollery, The Second Part, first part 1671A Collection of Poems, Written upon several Occasions, By Several Persons. Never before in Print, includes poems attributed to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, London: Hobart Kemp
- John Phillips, translation, ''Maronides or, Virgil Travestie''
Other
- Daniel Levi de Barrios also known as Miguel de Barrios, Coro de las Musas, Jewish Spanish poet living in the Netherlands, published in Brussels
- Gian Francesco Bonamico, Mejju gie' bl'Uard, u Zahar, Malta, approximate date
- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Fourth Epistle to the King of France
- René Rapin, Réflexions sur l'usage de l'éloquence de ce temps, critical essay, Paris; France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 18 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, 59, French poet and author
- May 1 - Joseph Addison was an English essayist and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 22 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish civil servant, linguist and poet#
- September 16 - Anne Bradstreet, called "the chief poetess of Colonial America"
- December 6 - Jasper Mayne, English clergyman, translator, minor poet and dramatist
- Zhou Lianggong, Chinese poet, essayist and art historian