1550 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Charles Bansley, The Pride of Women Robert Crowley, One and Thyrtye Epigrammes John Heywood, An Hundred Epigrammes William Langland (attributed), Piers Plowman, the B text Sir Thomas Wyatt, Pentential Psalms Joachim du Bellay, Musagnoeomachie Pierre de Ronsard: Bocage Odes, the first four books Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 12 April – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (died 1604), English courtier, playwright, poet, sportsman, patron of numerous writers, and sponsor of at least two acting companies Also: Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin (died 1600), Irish poet part of the Mac Aodhagáin clan Kasper Miakskowski (died 1622), Polish Alexander Montgomerie (died 1598), Scottish Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski born about this year (died c.
1490s in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1491: Immanuel of Rome, Mahberot Imanu'el, published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy 1492: Savonarola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy Jorge Manrique, Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre ("Couplets on the Death of His Father" or "Stanzas for the Death of His Father"), Spanish lyric poem 1493: Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Mizan al-Awzan ("Scales of Poetic Meters"), Turkish poems 1494: John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, 36,000-line poem translated c.
1560 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
16th century in poetryHamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language. The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry (including pre-Columbian works). John Skelton (c. 1460–1529) George Gascoigne (1535–1578) Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) William Shakespeare (1564–1616) John Donne (c. 1572–1631) Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637) Robert Herrick (1591–1674) George Herbert (1593–1633) Young William (c.