1721 in poetry
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Works published
United Kingdom
- 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)
Other
- Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Earthly Pleasure in God, Germany[5]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 17 â James Dance, pseudonym of James Dance (died 1774), English poet, playwright, actor and cricketer
- March 19 â Tobias Smollett (died 1771), Scottish-born physician, novelist and poet
- July 9 â Johann Nikolaus Götz (died 1781), German poet
- August 21 â Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (died 1789), Dutch poet and playwright
- September 17 â Johann Adolf Schlegel (died 1793), German poet
- October 5 â William Wilkie (died 1772), Scottish poet and agriculturalist
- November 9 â Mark Akenside (died 1770), English poet
- December 25 â William Collins (died 1759), English poet
- date not known
- James Grainger (died 1766), Scottish-born physician, poet and translator
- Robert Potter (died 1804), English translator, poet and cleric
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- September 18 â Matthew Prior (born 1664), English poet[6] (see "Works", above)
- February 24 â John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (born 1648), English statesman and poet
- date not known â Rupa Bhavani (born 1621), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
