This article covers 1872 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
- Alfred Austin, Interludes
- Robert Browning, Fifine at the Fair
- C. S. Calverley, published anonymously, Fly Leaves
- Samuel Ferguson, Congal
- W. S. Gilbert, More "Bab" Balads (see also "Bab" Ballads 1869)
- Edward Lear, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.
- Winwood Reade, The Martyrdom of Man
- Christina Rossetti, Sing-Song, book of nursery rhymes
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette (see also Idylls of the King 1859, The Holy Grail 1869, Idylls of the King 1870, 1889, "The Last Tournament" 1871, "Balin and Balan" in Tiresias 1885),
Other in English
Works published in other languages
Other languages
- Hilario Ascasubi, ("Complete Works"), three volumes compiled by the author; Argentine author writing in Spanish
- Girolamo de Rada, , begins publication, Arbëresh
- Holger Drachmann, ("Poems"), Denmark
- José Hernández, MartÃÂn Fierro, the first part of an epic Spanish-language Argentine poem in which the hero defends his way of life against encroaching socialization and civilization; an example of the Gaucho literature movement in South America (second part 1879)
- Michel Rodange, Renert odder de Fuuss am Frack an a Maansgréisst, Luxembourg
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 22 â John Shaw Neilson (died 1942), Australian
- June 27 â Paul Laurence Dunbar (died 1906), African American
- July 8 â Sasaki Nobutsuna ä½Âä½Âæ¨信綱 (died 1963), Japanese, ShÃ
Âwa period tanka poet and scholar of the Nara and Heian periods (surname: Sasaki)
- August 15 â Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: à ¦¶à §Âà ¦°à § à ¦Â
à ¦°à ¦¬à ¦¿à ¦¨à §Âà ¦¦ Sri ÃÂrobindo) (died 1950), Indian nationalist, poet, Yogi and spiritual Guru writing mostly in English
- October 10 â Arthur Talmage Abernethy (died 1956), American poet, journalist, theologian and minister; North Carolina Poet Laureate 1948âÂÂ1953
- October 18 (October 6 O.S.) â Mikhail Kuzmin (died 1936), Russian poet, novelist and composer
- November 7 â Leonora Speyer (died 1956), American poet and violinist
- November 30 â John McCrae (died on active service in World War I 1918), Canadian war poet, physician, author, artist and soldier best known for the poem "In Flanders Fields"
- December 6 â Arthur Henry Adams (died 1936), Australian
- Also:
- Hafiz Ibrahim (died 1932), Egyptian poet called "the poet of the Nile"
- Divakarla Tirupti Shastri (died 1920), Indian, Telugu-language poet; one of the two poets in the due known in Telugu literature as "Triupati Vankata Kavulu"
Deaths
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See also
Notes