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.
1480s in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Robert Henryson's cycle The Morall Fabillis probably composed in the 1480s; earliest datable manuscripts of John Barbour's Scottish chivalric epic, Brus, also in this decade.
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.
