1662 in poetry
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Events
- John Dryden made a member of the Royal Society[1]
Works published
Great Britain
- Sir Aston Cockayne, Poems, second edition of Small Poems of Divers Sorts 1658[2]
- John Dryden, To My Lord Chancellor, Presented on New-Years-Day[2]
- Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom or a Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment, a "doggerel epitome of Calvinistic theology", according to the anthology, Colonial Prose and Poetry (1903), that "attained immediately a phenomenal popularity. Eighteen hundred copies were sold within a year, and for the next century it held a secure place in [New England] Puritan households. As late as 1828 it was stated that many aged persons were still alive who could repeat it, as it had been taught them with their catechism; and the more widely one reads in the voluminous sermons of that generation, the more fair will its representation of prevailing theology in New England appear."[3] English-born clergyman published in New England.
Other
- Jean de La Fontaine, Ode au roi ("Ode to the King"), which defends Nicolas Fouquet, France
- Michel de Marolles, Traité du poème épique, France
- Jacob Steendam, Praise of New Netherland, Dutch, Colonial American[4]
- Joost van den Vondel, Joannes de Boetgezant ("John the Baptist"), epic, Dutch
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- October 6 (bapt.) - William Walsh (died 1708), English poet and critic
- December 17 - Samuel Wesley (died 1735), English poet and religious leader
- NaitÅ JÅsÅ (died 1704), Japanese Genroku period haiku poet, a principal disciple of BashÅ
- John Smith (died 1717), English poet and playwright
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 28 - Pierre de Boissat (born 1603), French soldier, writer, poet and translator
- March 30 - François le Métel de Boisrobert (born 1592), French
