1705 in poetry

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

England

 * Daniel Defoe:
 * The Double Welcome: A poem to the Duke of Marlbro
 * The Dyet of Poland, published anonymously; a verse history of "Poland" (in fact, Britain) during Queen Anne's first parliament
 * Bernard Mandeville, The Grumbling Hive: or Knaves Turned Honest, anonymously published poem (and a piracy ) which became immediately popular. In 1714, Mandeville would republish the poem, together with an essay titled An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue and titled the whole The Fable of the Bees: or Private Vices, Public Benefits. In 1723, he added an attack on charity schools and an essay attacking Shaftesbury. The final version, with a further expansion, was published in 1733.
 * John Philips:
 * Blenheim, published anonymously
 * The Splendid Shilling: An imitation of Milton, published anonymously
 * Matthew Prior, An English Padlock, published anonymously
 * Edward Ward, Hudibras Redivivus; or, A Burlesque Poem on the Times, published anonymously, in two volumes of 12 parts each; first volume published August 1705 to July 1706; second volume published August 1706 to June 1707
 * Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae, published this year, although book states "1706"
 * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions; with Valentinian; a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published
 * Biography, scholarship, criticism
 * John Dennis, The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry*

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * May – Ambrosius Stub (died 1758), Danish poet
 * Isaac Hawkins Browne (died 1760), English
 * Johann Sigismund Scholze (died 1750), German
 * Stephen Duck (died 1756), English
 * David Mallet (died 1765), Scottish poet and dramatist

Deaths
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 * Étienne Pavillon (born 1632), French lawyer and poet
 * Michael Wigglesworth (born 1631), English clergyman and poet in America called "the most popular of early New England poets"