1621 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.Events
Great Britain">English poetry">Great Britain
- John Ashmore, translator, Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished; and their Arguments Annexed
- Richard Brathwaite:
- * Natures Embassie; or, The Wilde-Mans Measures
- * Times Curtaine Drawne; or, The Anatomie of Vanitie
- Ralph Crane, The Workes of Mercy, Both Corporeal and Spiritual
- Francis Quarles, Hadassa; or, The History of Queene Ester
- George Sandys, The First Five Books of Ovid's Metamorphosis, published anonymously
- Rachel Speght, Mortalities Memorandum: With a dreame prefixed, imaginarie in manner, reall in matter
- John Taylor:
- * The Praise, Antiquity, and Commodity, of Beggery, Beggers and Begging
- * Superbiae Flagellum; or, The Whip of Pride
- George Wither, The Songs of the Old Testament, verses and music
- Lady Mary Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, sonnet sequence written since 1613 partially included in The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
Other
- Théophile de Viau, Œuvres poétiques, France
Births
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- March 31 - Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet and parliamentarian
- April 17 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet
- July 8 - Jean de La Fontaine, French poet and fable writer
- July 24 - Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Polish poet and member of the noble class Szlachta
- Rupa Bhavani, Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
- Jane Cavendish, English poet and playwright
- Wacław Potocki, Polish nobleman, moralist, poet and writer
Deaths
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- March 28 - Ottavio Rinuccini, Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist
- August 3 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer and poet
- August 15 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist and poet
- September 25 - Mary Herbert, English poet, translator, patron, hostess of a literary salon, and sister of Philip Sidney
- October 12 - Pierre Matthieu, French playwright, poet and historian
