1691 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Richard Ames:
- * The Female Fire-Ships: A satyr against whoring, published anonymously
- * Islington-Wells; or, The Threepenny-academy, published anonymously
- Benjamin Keach, Spiritual Melody
- Nahum Tate, Characters of Vertue and Vice, a verse paraphrase of Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices, a 1608 prose work
- Edward Ward, The Poet's Ramble After Riches, published anonymously
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, &c. on Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published
Births
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 1 – Sultan Bahu, Muslim Sufi saint and poet
- October 10 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet
- Mathias Balen, Dutch historian and poet
- Probable date – Samuel Pordage, English poet and cleric