1702 in poetry

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

Events

Works published

• Edward Bysshe, The Art of English Poetry^[1] (criticism)
• Daniel Defoe:
  • The Mock-Mourners: A satyr, by way of an elegy on King William^[2]
  • Reformation of Manners: A satyr, published anonymously^[2]
  • The Spanish Descent^[2]
• John Dennis, The Monument, a memorial poem on the death of William III on March 8^[2]
• George Farquhar, Love and Business, verse and prose^[2]
• William King - De Origine Mali (in Latin)
• Mary Mollineux, Fruits of Retirement; or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine^[2]
• Nicholas Noyes, "A Prefatory Poem", the preface for Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana, English Colonial America^[3]
• John Pomfret, Miscellany Poems on Several Occasions
• Sir Charles Sedley, Miscellaneous Works (posthumous)
• Joseph Stennett, A Poem to the Memory of His Late Majesty William the Third

Births

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

• June 26 – Philip Doddridge, Nonconformist preacher and writer (died 1751)
• Also:
  • Judith Cowper (died 1781), English^[2]
  • Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, (died 1788), Irish poet and politician
  • Kenrick Prescot
  • Francis Williams (died 1770), black Jamaican scholar and poet
  • Yokai Yagu, Japanese poet^[1]

Deaths

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

• John Pomfret (born 1667), English poet and clergyman

See also

poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• Augustan poetry

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