1751 in poetry
— Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, published this year
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Events
- Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for the second year in a row. He will also win the prize in 1753 and 1755.
Works published
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- Richard Owen Cambridge, The Scribleriad, in six books, first published separately from January through March
- Thomas Cooke, An Ode on the Powers of Poetry, published anonymously
- Nathaniel Cotton, Visions in Verse, published anonymously, a verse version for children of Gay's Fables 1727
- Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, published anonymously, a literary sensation published February 15 by Robert Dodsley in a quarto pamphlet with a preface by Horace Walpole ; an important work of the Graveyard poets movement
- Mary Leapor, Poems Upon several Occasions, edited by Samuel Richardson and Isaac Hawkins, published posthumously (see also Poems upon Several Occasions 1748
- Moses Mendes, The Seasons
- Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope, edited by William Warburton, published posthumously
Switzerland">Swiss poetry">Switzerland, German">German poetry">German language
- Johann Jakob Bodmer:
- * Die Sundflutz, an epic
- * Noah, an epic
- Solomon Gessner, Lied eines Schweizers an sein bewaffnetes Madchen, German-language work published in Switzerland
Other
- Christoph Martin Wieland, Nature of Things, alexandrine verse, in six books; Germany
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 22 - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), Welsh poet
- February 20 - Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet
- October 15 - David Samwell, Welsh naval surgeon and poet
- October 30 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright, poet, speechwriter and Whig politician
- Probable date - Mary Scott, English poet
- Approximate date - Henrietta Battier, Irish poet, satirist and actress
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 19 - John Bancks, English poet and author
- May 24 - William Hamilton, Scottish comic poet
- October 26 - Philip Doddridge, English Nonconformist preacher and writer