1752 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for the third time.
Works published
Great Britain">English poetry">Great Britain
- Moses Browne, The Works and Rest of the Creation
- John Byrom, Enthusiasm: A poetical essay
- Richard Owen Cambridge, A Dialogue Between a Member of Parliament and His Servant
- Thomas Cooke, Pythagoras: An ode, published anonymously
- Samuel Davies, Miscellaneous Poems, Chiefly on Divine Subjects, previously published in the Virginia Gazette; English Colonial America
- William Mason, Elfrida: A dramatic poem
- Christopher Smart, Poems on Several Occasions
- James Sterling, An Epistle to the Hon. Arthur Dobbs, a verse epistle addressed to a projector who sought the Northwest Passage; the neoclassical-style poem asserts that Britain's future will depend on America; English Colonial America
Other
- Christoph Martin Wieland, Germany:
- * Spring
- * Moral Letters in Verse, 12 letters
- * ''Art of Love''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 2 - Philip Freneau, American "poet of the American Revolution"
- May 14 - Timothy Dwight IV, American academic and educator, eighth president of Yale College, Congregationalist minister, theologian, author and poet
- July 10 - St. George Tucker, American lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and Mary
- October 2 - Joseph Ritson, English writer and antiquary
- November 20 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet and literary forger
- November 23 - Ann Eliza Bleecker, American poet and correspondent
- Unknown date - Richard Llwyd, Welsh poet and writer
- Approximate date - Edmund Gardner, English poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 1 - Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
- October 24 - Christian Falster, Danish poet and philologist
- Li E, Chinese poet