1521 in poetry

Her lothly lere [unwanted complexion] Is nothing clear, But ugly of cheer, Droopy and drowsy, Scurvy and lousy; Her face all bowsy [bloated by drink] Comely crinkled, Wondersly wrinkled, Like a roast pig's ear, Bristled with hear. [hair] Lines 12-21, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng" by John Skelton. The poem is thought to have been first published this year. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Anonymous, ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"), London: Wynkyn de Worde 1520 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication) Anonymous, Christmas Carols, including "" and "" Alexander Barclay, The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog" (see also Eclogues 1530, Fifth Eclogue 1518) Henry Bradshaw, The Life of St. Werburgh Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses interspersed in the text Robert Copland, English: Introductory poem to The Passyon of Our Lorde, London: Wynkyn de Worde Introductory verse to The Myrrour & the Chyrche, London: Wynkyn de Worde Marko Marulić, Judita ("Judith"), Croatian poem, a landmark in Croatian literature, printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto on August 13, and published three times during the author's life (written in 1501) John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng", publication year uncertain (reprinted in Skelton's Certain Books 1545) Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Anne Askew born about this year, also spelled "Anne Ayscough" (died 1546), English poet and Protestant martyr who was persecuted as a heretic; the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder (died 1565), English Jorge de Montemayor, year uncertain (died 1561), Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish Pontus de Tyard born about this year (died 1605), French, poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade" Song Deokbong (died 1578), Korean poet Xu Wei (died 1593), Chinese painter, poet and dramatist Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: May 10 – Sebastian Brant (born c.