This article covers 1721 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
- Joseph Addison, The Works of Joseph Addison, edited by Thomas Tickell
- John Dennis, Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical. In Two Volumes, including literary criticism
- Charles Gildon, Laws of Poetry, criticism
- Alexander Pennecuik, An Ancient Prophecy Concerning Stock-Jobbing, and the Conduct of the Directors of the South-Sea-Company
- Thomas Parnell, Night-Piece on Death a notable work by one of the Graveyard poets
- Matthew Prior, Colin's Mistakes, published anonymously (died this year)
- Allan Ramsay, Poems
- Jonathan Swift:
- The Bubble
- 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
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 17 – James Dance, pseudonym of James Dance (died 1774), English poet, playwright, actor and cricketer
- March 19 – Tobias Smollett (died 1771), Scottish-born physician, novelist and poet
- July 9 РJohann Nikolaus G̦tz (died 1781), German poet
- August 21 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (died 1789), Dutch poet and playwright
- September 17 – Johann Adolf Schlegel (died 1793), German poet
- October 5 – William Wilkie (died 1772), Scottish poet and agriculturalist
- November 9 – Mark Akenside (died 1770), English poet
- December 25 – 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:
See also
Notes