1836 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

United Kingdom

 * Bernard Barton and Lucy Barton, The Reliquary
 * Walter Savage Landor, A Satire on Satirists, and Admonition to Detractors
 * Caroline Norton, A Voice from the Factories
 * William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, published in six volumes from this year to 1837 in poetry (a revised text from Poetical Works 1827; new edition with corrections published in 1839; see also Miscellaneous Poems 1820, Poetical Works1840, Poems 1845, Poetical Works (Centenary Edition) 1870)
 * Anthologies
 * Lyra Apostolica, religious poetry anthology, including verse by John Henry Newman

United States

 * Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Poetical Works, anti-slavery and descriptive poems, including "The Captured Slave" and "The Sunset Hour"; published posthumously
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Poems, early verse in the author's first poetry book, much of it humorous, such as "Ballad of the Oysterman" and "My Aunt", but other pieces with pathos, such as "The Last Leaf" and "Old Ironsides"
 * John Greenleaf Whittier, "Mogg Megone", a critically well-received poem about Native Americans in Maine and the relationship of Indians and Catholic missionaries

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 15 – Matsudaira Katamori 松平容保 (died 1893), Japanese samurai and poet in the last days of the Edo period and the early to mid Meiji period (surname: Matsudaira)
 * February 17 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (died 1870), Spanish Andalusian poet and short-story writer
 * August 25 – Bret Harte, American
 * November 11 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American
 * November 18 – W. S. Gilbert, American
 * Also:
 * Sarah Morgan Piatt, American
 * Annie Louisa Walker, Canadian

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * October 17 - George Colman the Younger (UK)
 * November 5 - Karel Hynek Mácha (Czech)
 * Also:
 * William Taylor (UK)