1854 in poetry
— From "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, first published this year
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published in English
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- William Allingham, Day and Night Songs
- W. E. Aytoun, writing under the pen name "T. Percy Jones", Firmilian; or, The Student of Badajoz, subtitle: "A Spasmodic tragedy"
- Thomas De Quincey, Selections Grave and Gay, including biographical essays on some of the Lake Poets
- Eliza Craven Green, "Ellan Vannin"
- John Keats, The Poetical Works of John Keats, edited by Richard Monckton Milnes; posthumously published
- Coventry Patmore, "The Angel in the House", Part I, also known as The Betrothal
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" published in The Examiner on December 9
United States">American poetry">United States
- Benjamin Paul Blood, The Bride of the Iconoclast
- William Cullen Bryant, Poems
- Phoebe Cary, Poems and Parodies
- William J. Grayson, The Hireling and the Slave
- William Howe Cuyler Hosmer, Poetical Works
- Julia Ward Howe, Passion Flowers
- Frances Harper, ''Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects''
Works published in other languages
France">French poetry">France
- Louise Colet:
- * Ce qu'on rêve en aimant
- * L'Acropole d'Athènes
- Gérard de Nerval, The Chimeras, poems appended to the author's book of short stories, Les Filles du feu
- Tiouttchev, ''Poésies''
Other
- Heinrich Heine, Gedichte. 1853 und 1854, German poet and author living in France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 9 – Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, Indian, Marathi-language poet and translator
- April 13 – William Henry Drummond, Canadian
- September 24 – George Frederick Cameron, Canadian
- October 16 – Oscar Wilde, Irish-born playwright and poet
- October 20
- * Alphonse Allais, French humorist
- * Arthur Rimbaud, French
- November 19 – Danske Dandridge, born Caroline Bedinger, Denmark-born American
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 12 — Eliza Townsend, American
- March 29 – Charlotte Caroline Richardson, English
- April 3 – John Wilson, Scots
- April 16 – Julia Nyberg, Swedish poet and songwriter
- April 24 – Gabriele Rossetti, English
- April 30 – James Montgomery, Scots
- November – Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq, Urdu
- December 9 – Almeida Garrett, Portuguese