1781 in poetry

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

Events

Works published

United Kingdom

• William Cowper, Anti-Thelyphthora, published anonymously (see also Martin Madan's Thelyphthora 1780)^[1]
• George Crabbe, The Library, published anonymously^[1]
• Anne Francis, A Poetical Translation of the Song of Solomon^[1]
• William Hayley, The Triumphs of Temper^[1]
• George Keate, Poetical Works^[1]
• Samuel Jackson Pratt, Sympathy; or, A Sketch of the Social Passion, published anonymously^[1]
• Anna Seward, Monody on Major André, on John André, hanged as a spy in the American Revolution

United States

• Philip Freneau, The British Prison-Ship: A Poem^[2]
• William Hayley, "The Triumphs of Temper: A Poem"^[2]
• Francis Hopkinson, The Temple of Minerva^[2]
• Anna Seward, Monody on Major Andre^[2]

Other

• Santa Rita Durão, Caramuru, Portuguese poem written in Brazil

Births

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

• January 26 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim (died 1831), German poet and novelist
• November 6 – Lucy Aikin (died 1864), English historical writer or poetry and novels
• Ebenezer Elliott (died 1849), English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer

Deaths

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

• February 15 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (born 1729), German poet
• March 17 – Johannes Ewald (born 1743), Danish national dramatist and poet^[3]
• Johann Nikolaus Götz (born 1721), German poet
• Richard Jago (born 1715), English clergyman and poet
• Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (born 1699), Indian, Urdu-language poet
• Samuel Gotthold Lange (born 1711), German

See also

• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• French literature of the 18th century
• Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s
• List of years in poetry
• Poetry

Notes