840s in poetry

This article covers 840s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
840:

Saint Clement of Ohrid, Bulgarian writer and founder of the Ohrid Literary School

845:

Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese kanshi poet

849:

Alfred the Great

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
842:

Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet

843:

Jia Dao, Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi

845:

Abu Tammam, Arab poet and Muslim convert

846:

Bai Juyi,, Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

849:

August 18: Walafrid Strabo, Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer