1718 in poetry

Events

• Laurence Eusden made British Poet Laureate

Works published

• Joseph Addison:
  • Poems on Several Occasions, published this year, although the book states "1719"
  • The Resurrection, Latin poetry by Addison with an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst
• Nicholas Amhurst
  • Protestant Popery; or, The Convocation (part of the Bangorian Controversy)
  • See The Resurrection, above
• Cotton Mather, Psalterium Americanum: The Book of Psalms in a Translation Exactly Conformed unto the Original, but All in Blank Verse, a translation in blank verse, with his analysis of poetry, English Colonial America
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "Constantinople", circulated privately
• Alexander Pope, translator, Homer's Iliad, Volume IV (Books 13–16) this year, preceded by Volume I (Books 1–4) in 1715, Volume II (Books 5–8) in 1716, Volume III (Books 9–12) in 1717 and to be followed by Volume V (Books 17–21) and Volume VI (Books 22–24), both in 1720
• Matthew Prior, Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind
• Allan Ramsay, Scots Songs (see also Scots Songs 1719)
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Remains of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester. Being Satyrs, Songs, and Poems; Never before Published. From a Manuscript found in a Gentleman's Library that was Contemporary with him, London: Printed for Tho. Dryar & sold by T. Harbin, W. Chetwood & the booksellers of London & Westminster, posthumous

Births

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

• November 28 – Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (died 1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon-hostess
• date unknown – Ramprasad Sen (died 1775), Shakta poet of Bengal

Deaths

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

• February 18 – Peter Anthony Motteux (born 1663), English playwright, translator, editor, author and poet
• May 22 – Gaspard Abeille (born 1648), French lyric and tragic poet
• October 24 – Thomas Parnell (born 1679), Irish poet and clergyman, member of the Scriblerus Club
• December 6 – Nicholas Rowe (born 1674), English poet and dramatist
• date unknown – Wu Li (born 1632), Chinese landscape painter and poet

Notes

• https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 0-19-860634-6
2. 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
3. [http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/RamsayAllan1686-1758.728.shtml "Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)"], article, ''The Burns Encyclopedia'', online edition, retrieved July 1, 2009. {{webarchive. link. (2010-07-14 2009-07-21.)
4. link. (August 8, 2010 2009-05-02.)