1855 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 |
| Years in literature: | 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 18th century 19th century 20th century |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s |
| Years: | 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Works published
- Matthew Arnold's Poems, Second Series
- Robert Browning's Men and Women, including "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"
- Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky
- Leigh Hunt, Stories in Verse, a collection of his narrative poems, original and translated
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Hiawatha
- Alfred Lord Tennyson's Maud and Other Poems
- Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
[edit] Births
- May 1 - Marie Corelli (Mary Mackay) (UK) (d 1924)
- May 21 - Emile Verhaeren (Belgian/French) (d 1916)
- August 3 - Henry Cuyler Bunner (US)
- September 12 - William Sharp (Scot) (d 1905)
- December 15 - Maurice Bouchor (French) (d. 1929)
- December 28 - Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (Uruguay)
Dates unknown:
- Alexander Young (Scotland)
[edit] Deaths
- January 10 - Mary Russell Mitford (UK)
- January 25 - Dorothy Wordsworth (UK)
- January 26 - Gérard de Nerval (French)
- March 31 - Charlotte Brontë (UK)
- June 29 - Delphine de Girardin (French)
- November 26 - Adam Mickiewicz (Poland)
- December 18 - Samuel Rogers (UK)
Dates unknown:
