1856 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Henry Wallis exhibits his romantic painting of The Death of Chatterton in London with the young poet and novelist George Meredith posing as his 18th-century predecessor Thomas Chatterton.
Works published in English
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
- * Aurora Leigh
- * Poems
- Sydney Dobell, England in Time of War
- Edward Fitzgerald, written anonymously, Salaman and Absal
- Walter Savage Landor, Antony and Octavius
- Coventry Patmore, The Espousals
- Wesley family, The Bards of Epworth, anthology
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- George Henry Boker, Plays and Poems
- Thomas Holley Chivers, Birth–Day Song of Liberty
- William Wilberforce Lord, Andre
- Mortimer Thomson, writing under the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.", Plu-ri-bus-tah, A Song That's by No Author, a satire of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Hiawatha
- Francois Dominique Rouquette, Fleurs d'Amerique
- Charles Sangster, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems , Canadian poet published in New York
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, second edition
- John Greenleaf Whittier, ''The Panorama and Other Poems''
Other
- Charles Sangster, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems , Canadian poet published in New York by subscription
Works published in other languages
- Aleardo Aleardi, Il Monte Circello, Italy
- Juris Alunāns, Songs, Latvia
- Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations, France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 9 – Lizette Woodworth Reese, American
- January 22 – A. D. Godley, Irish-born English classical scholar and writer of light verse
- March 4 – Toru Dutt, Indian, writing in Sanskrit, French and English
- April 7 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, poet and emir of Diiriye Guure
- August 20 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian poet, writer, playwright and translator
- Date not known – Kattakkayathil Cherian Mappila, Indian, Malayalam-language poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 17 – Heinrich Heine, German
- May 2 – James Gates Percival, American poet and scientist
- July 21 – Emil Aarestrup, Danish
- July 29 – Karel Havlíček Borovský, Czech
- Date not known – Irayimman Thampi, Indian, Malayalam-language poet in the court of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma; wrote ' 'Omana tinkal kitjavo' ', a "cradle song" still popular in Malayalam