1851 in poetry

June – While waiting to cross the English Channel on honeymoon, English poet Matthew Arnold probably begins to compose the poem "Dover Beach" (published 1867).^[1]

• Hilario Ascasubi, Santos Vega o los mellizos de la Flor, Spanish-language, Argentina^[4]
• Heinrich Heine, Romanzero, Germany
• Micah Joseph Lebensohn, Shire Bat Ẓiyyon, Hebrew-language, Lithuania

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

• March 1 – Arthur Clement Hilton (died 1877), English
• May 8 – James Lister Cuthbertson (died 1910), Australian
• December 18 – John Farrell (died 1904), Australian
• December 20 – Thérèse Schwartze (died 1918), Dutch portrait painter and poet
• Date not known – Albery Allson Whitman (died 1901), African American

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

• February 1 – Mary Shelley (born 1797), English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer and poet
• February 23 – Joanna Baillie (born 1762), Scottish poet and dramatist
• July 6 – David Macbeth Moir (born 1798), Scottish physician and writer
• October 31 (October 19 O.S.) – Petar II Petrović-NjegoÅ¡ (born 1813), Serbian poet and Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
• December 19 – Henry Luttrell (born 1768), English politician, wit and writer of society verse

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