1745 in poetry

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

Events

 * With the death of Jonathan Swift, the age of Augustan poetry ends at about this time.
 * End of the Scriblerus Club

Colonial America
===Great Britain
 * John Adams, Poems on Several Occasions, Biblical verse paraphrases, devotional works and nonreligious poems; English Colonial America
 * Mark Akenside, Odes on Several Subjects, published anonymously
 * John Brown, An Essay on Satire: Occasion'd by the death of Mr. Pope, published anonymously; Alexander Pope died May 30, 1744
 * John Gilbert Cooper, The Power of Harmony, published anonymously
 * Charles Jennens, Belshazzar: An oratorio, verse and music; performed in March; music by Handel
 * Samuel Madden, Boulter's Monument, "Assisted by Samuel Johnson", according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature
 * Moses Mendes, translator, Henry and Blanche; or, The Revengful Marriage, from the French of Alain-Rene Lesage
 * Glocester Ridley, Jovi Eleutherio; or, An Offering to Liberty, published anonymously
 * Thomas Scott, England's Danger and Duty, published anonymously
 * William Thompson, Sickness, first two books (Book 3, 1746)

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 20 – Henry James Pye (died 1813), English poet
 * July 5 – Carl Arnold Kortum (died 1824), German writer, poet and physician
 * August – Henry Mackenzie (died 1831), Scottish novelist, writer and poet
 * October 12 – Félix María de Samaniego (died 1801), Spanish
 * Also:
 * William Crowe (died 1829), English poet
 * Charles Dibdin (died 1814), English musician, dramatist, novelist, poet, actor and songwriter
 * William Hayley (died 1820), English poet and writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper
 * Thomas Holcroft (died 1809), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
 * Hannah More (died 1833), English religious writer, poet, play and philanthropist
 * Charles Morris

Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * October 19 – Jonathan Swift (born 1667),, Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet
 * Also:
 * William Broome (born 1689), English poet and translator
 * Mary Chandler (born 1687), English; she left several poems
 * Pierre Desmaiseaux (born 1673), French writer and poet
 * Sarah Dixon
 * Jonathan Richardson
 * Thomas Warton the elder (born 1728), English literary historian and critic, as well as a poet
 * William Meston (born 1688), Scottish poet