1853 in poetry
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Events
- October 27 – English poet Alfred Tennyson settles at Farringford House on the Isle of Wight.[1]
Works published in English
United Kingdom
- Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, Narratyve Hymns for Village Schools[2]
- Matthew Arnold, Poems: a New Edition, the first collected edition of the author's poems; known as Poems: First Series (see also 1855);[2] including "Sobrab and Rustum" and "The Scholar Gipsy"
- R. D. Blackmore, writing under the pen name "Melanter", Poems by Melanter[2]
- Martha Browne, (a.k.a. Mattie Griffith) Poems
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (see also Poems 1844, 1850, 1856)[2]
- Caroline Clive, writing under the pen name "V", The Morlas[2]
- Sydney Dobell, Balder[2]
- Coventry Patmore, Tamerton Church-Tower (see also 1878)[2]
- Alexander Smith, Poems, Scottish poet
United States
- Thomas Holley Chivers:
- Samuel Longfellow, Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side, compiled with Thomas Wentworth Higginson[3]
- Lydia Huntley Sigourney, The Faded Hope[3]
- William Gilmore Simms, Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, in two volumes, Charleston, South Carolina: John Russell[4]
- Sarah Helen Whitman, Hours of Life[3]
- John Greenleaf Whittier, The Chapel of the Hermits[3]
Other
- Peter John Allan (died 1848), Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., Canadian poet published in London
- Charles Harpur, The Bushrangers: a Play in Five Acts, and other Poems, Australia
Works published in other languages
- Hilario Ascasubi, Aniceto el Gallo, Argentina
- Álvares de Azevedo, Lira dos Vinte Anos, Brazil (posthumous)
- Paul Heyse, Lieder aus Sorrent ("Songs of Sorrento"), Germany
- Victor Hugo, Les Châtiments, France[5]
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg, Estonia (suppressed due to censorship)
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 28 (O.S. January 16) – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher and poet (died 1900)
- February 18 – Ernest Fenollosa, American (died 1908)
- October 4 – Jane Maria Read, American poet and teacher (year of death unknown)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 3 – August Kopisch, German poet and painter (born 1799)
- April 28 – Ludwig Tieck, German (born 1773)
- October 27 – Maria White Lowell, American (born 1821)
- December 2 – Amelia Opie, English novelist, writer and poet (born 1769)
- Dayaram, Indian, Gujarati-language poet (born 1757)[6]
