1853 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
Works published in English
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, Narratyve Hymns for Village Schools
- Matthew Arnold, Poems: a New Edition, the first collected edition of the author's poems; known as Poems: First Series ; including "Sobrab and Rustum" and "The Scholar Gipsy"
- R. D. Blackmore, writing under the pen name "Melanter", Poems by Melanter
- Martha Browne, Poems
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems
- Caroline Clive, writing under the pen name "V", The Morlas
- Sydney Dobell, Balder
- Coventry Patmore, Tamerton Church-Tower
- Alexander Smith, Poems, Scottish poet
United States">American poetry">United States
- Thomas Holley Chivers:
- * Atlanta; or, the True Blessed Island of Poesy, a Paul Epic
- * Memoralia; or, Phials of Amber Full of the Tears of Love
- * Virginalia; or, Songs of My Summer Nights
- Samuel Longfellow, Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side, compiled with Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Lydia Huntley Sigourney, The Faded Hope
- William Gilmore Simms, Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, in two volumes, Charleston, South Carolina: John Russell
- Sarah Helen Whitman, Hours of Life
- John Greenleaf Whittier, ''The Chapel of the Hermits''
Other
- Peter John Allan, Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., Canadian poet published in London
- Charles Harpur, The Bushrangers: a Play in Five Acts, and other Poems, Australia
Works published in other languages
- Hilario Ascasubi, Aniceto el Gallo, Argentina
- Álvares de Azevedo, Lira dos Vinte Anos, Brazil
- Paul Heyse, Lieder aus Sorrent, Germany
- Victor Hugo, Les Châtiments, France
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg, Estonia
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 28 – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher and poet
- February 18 – Ernest Fenollosa, American
- October 4 – Jane Maria Read, American poet and teacher
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 3 - August Kopisch, German poet and painter
- April 28 - Ludwig Tieck, German
- October 27 - Maria White Lowell, American
- December 2 - Amelia Opie, English novelist, writer and poet
- Dayaram, Indian, Gujarati-language poet