1721 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
	... 1711 . 1712 . 1713 . 1714 . 1715 . 1716 . 1717 ...; 1718 1719 1720 -1721- 1722 1723 1724; ... 1725 . 1726 . 1727 . 1728 . 1729 . 1730 . 1731 ... In literature: 1718 1719 1720 -1721- 1722 1723 1724
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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Joseph Addison, The Works of Joseph Addison, edited by Thomas Tickell^[1]
John Dennis, Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical. In Two Volumes, including literary criticism^[2]
Charles Gildon, Laws of Poetry, criticism^[3]
Alexander Pennecuik, An Ancient Prophecy Concerning Stock-Jobbing, and the Conduct of the Directors of the South-Sea-Company^[1]
Thomas Parnell, Night-Piece on Death a notable work by one of the Graveyard poets
Matthew Prior, Colin's Mistakes, published anonymously^[1] (died this year)
Allan Ramsay, Poems^[4]
Jonathan Swift:
- The Bubble^[1]
- Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
Thomas Tickell, Kensington Garden, published anonymously this year, although the book states "1722" (see also Joseph Addison, above)

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

September 18 – Matthew Prior (born 1664), English poet^[6] (see "Works", above)
February 24 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (born 1648), English statesman and poet
date not known – Rupa Bhavani (born 1621), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
↑ Paul, Harry Gilbert, John Dennis: His Life and Criticism, p 64, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
↑ Mark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p 178, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")
↑ "Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)", article, The Burns Encyclopedia, online edition, retrieved July 1, 2009. Archived 2009-07-21.
↑ Thomas, Calvin, A History of German Literature, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1909, retrieved December 14, 2009
↑ Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328

[1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

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