1894 in poetry
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| This is part of the List of years in poetry | |
| Years in poetry: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
| Years in literature: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 18th century 19th century 20th century |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
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[edit] Events
- The Yellow Book, published 1894–97
- November 8, 1894 — Robert Frost's poem "My Butterfly" is published this date in the New York Independent, marking the first sale of his poetry. He earned $15. [1]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Works published
- Robert Browning, Asolando
- John Davidson, "Thirty Bob a Week"
- Ben King, Verse (second edition, 1898)
- Algernon Charles Swinburne, Astrophel and Other Poems
- W.B. Yeats, The Land of Heart's Desire
[edit] Births
- E.E. Cummings, American poet (died 1962)
- Eileen Duggan (died 1972), New Zealand
- Charles Reznikoff, American poet and part of the Objectivist poetry movement
- W.W.E. Ross (Canada)
- Jean Toomer
[edit] Deaths
- John Askham
- Robert Fuller Murray, of consumption
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Benjamin Franklin King
- Roden Berkely Wriothesley Noel
- Walter Pater
- Christina Rossetti, of cancer
- Robert Louis Stevenson, of a brain haemorrhage, in Samoa
- Celia Thaxter
- Julia Augusta Webster
- Constance Fenimore Woolson
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Current Biography 1942, p. 280
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