1621 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). November 22 – English poet John Donne is installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. 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 (see also Ovid's Metamorphosis 1626) 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 (Sir Philip Sidney's niece), Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, sonnet sequence written since 1613 partially included in The Countess of Montgomery's Urania Théophile de Viau, Œuvres poétiques, France Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 31 – Andrew Marvell (died 1678), English metaphysical poet and parliamentarian April 17 – Henry Vaughan (died 1695), Welsh poet July 8 – Jean de La Fontaine (died 1695), French poet and fable writer July 24 – Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (died 1693), Polish poet and member of the noble class Szlachta Rupa Bhavani (died 1721), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet Jane Cavendish (died 1669), English poet and playwright Wacław Potocki (died 1696), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet and writer Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 28 – Ottavio Rinuccini (born 1562), Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist August 3 – Guillaume du Vair (born 1556), French writer and poet August 15 – John Barclay (born 1582), Scottish satirist and poet September 25 – Mary Herbert (bor