1614 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). May 24 – Lope de Vega becomes a priest.
1616 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). February 1 – King James I of England grants Ben Jonson an annual pension of 100 marks, making him de facto poet laureate. William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke (see also Book 1, 1613; both books published together 1625) George Chapman, translator: The Divine Poem of Musaeus.
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.
17th century in poetryThomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor ("Spiritual Choirs"), hymns, some of which are still sung Alaol, Padmavati, Bangladesh Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey ("A Book of German Poetics"), Germany Anders Arrebo (1587–1637) Anders Bording (1619–1677) Thomas Kingo (1634–1703) Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Danish/Norwegian poet and playwright Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747) Paul Gerhart (1607–1676) Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664) Joachim Neander (1650–1680) Martin Opitz (1597–1639) Petter Dass (1647