1852 in poetry

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

United Kingdom

 * Matthew Arnold, Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems
 * Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington

United States

 * Thomas Holley Chivers, The Death of the Devil, A Serio-Ludicro, Tragico-Comico, Nigero-Whiteman Extravaganza
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
 * Richard Realf, Guesses at the Beautiful
 * Richard Henry Stoddard, Poems

France

 * Théophile Gautier's Emaux et camées
 * Leconte de Lisle, Poèmes antiques
 * Gérard de Nerval, et Les illuminés

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 24 – George Moore (died 1933) Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist
 * March 15 – Lady Gregory (died 1932), Irish dramatist, folklorist and poet
 * March 22 – Francis William Bourdillon (died 1921), English poet and translator
 * April 23 – Edwin Markham (died 1940), American
 * October 31 – Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (died 1930), American novelist and poet
 * Also:
 * Ganesh Janardan Agasha (died 1919), Indian, Marathi-language poet and literary critic
 * Emma Maria Caillard
 * Henry Van Dyke (died 1933), American author, poet, educator and clergyman

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 17 – Micah Joseph Lebensohn (Russian/Hebrew)
 * February 25 – Thomas Moore, Irish
 * April 10 – John Howard Payne, (born 1791), American actor, playwright, author and American consul in Tunis (1842–1852); most remembered as creator of "Home! Sweet Home!"
 * April 25 – Álvares de Azevedo (Brazilian)
 * May 3 – Sara Coleridge, English
 * Also:
 * John Hamilton Reynolds
 * Dayaram (born 1757), Indian, Gujarati-language poet