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1820 in poetry
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1819 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). The period from September 1818 to September of this year is often referred to among scholars of John Keats as "the Great Year", or "the Living Year", because during this period he is most productive, writing his most critically acclaimed works. Several major events have been noted as factors in this increased productivity: namely, the death of his brother Tom (December 1818), the critical reviews of Endymion (1818), and his meeting Fanny Brawne (November 1818), to whom he proposes marriage on October 19.
1835 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). November/December – The Federal Convention in Germany prohibits circulation of work by members of the "Young Germany" group of writers and the exiled poet Heinrich Heine.
1798 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). July 13 – William Wordsworth's poem Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour, 13 July 1798 written. William Wordsworth begins writing the first version of The Prelude, finishing it in two parts in 1799. This version describes the growth of his understanding up to age 17, when he departed for Cambridge University.
1845 in poetry
— Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 10—Robert Browning, 32, and Elizabeth Barrett, 38, begin their correspondence when she receives a note declaring "I love you" from Browning, a little-known poet whose verses she had praised in her poem "Lady Geraldine's Courtship"; on May 20 they meet for the first time. She begins writing her Sonnets from the Portuguese. April - Nathaniel Hawthorne first publishes "P.
1799 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). August 1 – British Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile is the subject of separate poems this year by English poets William Lisle Bowles and William Sotheby. December 20 – William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy first take up residence at Dove Cottage, Grasmere. William Wordsworth completes the first version of The Prelude, begun in 1798.
1806 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Sir Roger Newdigate founds the Newdigate Prize for English Poetry at the University of Oxford. The first winner is John Wilson ("Christopher North"). William Wordsworth completes his first revision of The Prelude: or, Growth of a Poet's Mind in 13 Books, a version started in 1805. It would be further revised later in his life. His work this year and next revised the original, two-part 1798-1799 version.
1870 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1872 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). First printed version of the Thai epic Khun Chang Khun Phaen. Alfred Austin, Interludes Robert Browning, Fifine at the Fair C. S. Calverley, published anonymously, Fly Leaves Samuel Ferguson, Congal W. S. Gilbert, More "Bab" Balads (see also "Bab" Ballads 1869) Edward Lear, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.
1821 in poetry
— words chiselled onto the tombstone of John Keats, at his request Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). The Saturday Evening Post founded in Philadelphia Lord Byron writes Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari and Cain Percy Bysshe Shelley's Queen Mab: a philosophical poem (1813) is distributed by an unauthorized publisher in London leading to prosecution by the Society for the Prevention of Vice.
1889 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 8 – English poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins dies aged 54 in Dublin of typhoid; he is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery; most of his poetry remains unpublished until 1918. December 12 – English poet Robert Browning dies aged 77 at Ca' Rezzonico in Venice on the same day his book Asolando; Fancies and facts is published; he is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey; Alfred, Lord Tennyson will be buried adjacently.