1615 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• January 23  - English poet John Donne becomes an ordained minister in the Church of England.

Works published

Great Britain

• John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave^[1]
• Richard Brathwaite, published under the name "Misosukos" to his friend "Philokrates", A Strappado for the Divell^[1]
• George Chapman, Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses, publication year uncertain, Books 1 - 12 from Homers Odysses 1614 (see also Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer 1598, Homer Prince of Poets 1609, The Iliads of Homer 1611, The Whole Workes of Homer 1616)^[1]
• Thomas Collins, The Teares of Love; or, Cupids Progresse^[1]
• Samuel Daniel, ^[1]
• Sir John Harrington, Epigrams Both Pleasant and Serious (see also The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams 1618)^[1]
• Samuel Rowlands, Melancholie Knight^[1]
• Thomas Scot, , published this year although the book states "1616"; second part published 1616^[1]
• Joshua Sylvester, The Second Session of the Parliament of Vertues Reall, translations from Pierre Mathieu and Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas (see also The Parliament of Vertues Royal 1614)^[1]
• Robert Tofte, The Blazon of Jealousie, translated from Benedetto Varchi^[1]
• George Wither:
  • Fidelia, published anonymously^[1]
  • Shepherds Hunting^[1]

Other

• Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné, Tragiques, set of poems on the persecution of the Huguenots

Births

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

• June or July  - Salvator Rosa (died 1673), Italian painter and poet
• John Denham (died 1669), English poet
• Germain Habert (died 1654), French churchman and poet
• Robert Wild (died 1679), English clergyman and poet

Deaths

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

• June 4  - Vavrinec Benedikt of Nedožery, also known as Laurentius Benedictus Nudozierinus (born 1555), Slovak
• September 1  - Étienne Pasquier (born 1529), French poet, humanist and historian
• date not known  - Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega (born 1555), Castilian Spanish poet, playwright and historian

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature

Notes and References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,