1711 in poetry

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Great Britain

 * Sir Richard Blackmore, published anonymously, The Nature of Man
 * John Dryden, translator, Metamorphoses, translated from the Latin original of Ovid
 * William King, An Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes
 * Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
 * Edward Ward, The Life and Notable Adventures of that Renown'd Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (originally published in six monthly parts, 1710–1711)
 * Anthologies
 * Jonathan Swift, editor, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, anthology, including 25 works by Swift
 * James Watson (Scottish editor), editor, Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, Edinburgh (published from 1706 through this year)

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * January 15 – Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (died 1740), German
 * Also:
 * John Gambold
 * Jupiter Hammon (died sometime before 1806), English Colonial American
 * Henry Taylor (died 1785), Church of England clergyman, author and poet
 * Samuel Gotthold Lange (died 1781), German

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * March 13 &mdash; Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (born 1636)
 * Also:
 * John Caryll (born 1625), English poet, dramatist, and diplomat
 * John Norris (born 1657), English theologian, philosopher and poet