1853 in poetry

Events

• October 27 – English poet Alfred Tennyson settles at Farringford House on the Isle of Wight.

Works published in English

[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]

• Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, Narratyve Hymns for Village Schools
• Matthew Arnold, Poems: a New Edition, the first collected edition of the author's poems; known as Poems: First Series (see also 1855); including "Sobrab and Rustum" and "The Scholar Gipsy"
• R. D. Blackmore, writing under the pen name "Melanter", Poems by Melanter
• Martha Browne, (a.k.a. Mattie Griffith) Poems
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (see also Poems 1844, 1850, 1856)
• Caroline Clive, writing under the pen name "V", The Morlas
• Sydney Dobell, Balder
• Coventry Patmore, Tamerton Church-Tower (see also 1878)
• Alexander Smith, Poems, Scottish poet

[[American poetry|United States]]

• Thomas Holley Chivers:
  • Atlanta; or, the True Blessed Island of Poesy, a Paul Epic
  • Memoralia; or, Phials of Amber Full of the Tears of Love
  • Virginalia; or, Songs of My Summer Nights
• Samuel Longfellow, Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side, compiled with Thomas Wentworth Higginson
• Lydia Huntley Sigourney, The Faded Hope
• William Gilmore Simms, Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, in two volumes, Charleston, South Carolina: John Russell
• Sarah Helen Whitman, Hours of Life
• John Greenleaf Whittier, The Chapel of the Hermits

Other

• Peter John Allan (died 1848), Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., Canadian poet published in London
• Charles Harpur, The Bushrangers: a Play in Five Acts, and other Poems, Australia

Works published in other languages

• Hilario Ascasubi, Aniceto el Gallo, Argentina
• Álvares de Azevedo, Lira dos Vinte Anos, Brazil (posthumous)
• Paul Heyse, Lieder aus Sorrent ("Songs of Sorrento"), Germany
• Victor Hugo, Les Châtiments, France
• Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg, Estonia (suppressed due to censorship)

Births

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

• January 28 (O.S. January 16) – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher and poet (died 1900)
• February 18 – Ernest Fenollosa, American (died 1908)
• October 4 – Jane Maria Read, American poet and teacher (year of death unknown)

Deaths

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

• February 3 – August Kopisch, German poet and painter (born 1799)
• April 28 – Ludwig Tieck, German (born 1773)
• October 27 – Maria White Lowell, American (born 1821)
• December 2 – Amelia Opie, English novelist, writer and poet (born 1769)
• Dayaram, Indian, Gujarati-language poet (born 1757)

Notes

References

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3. (1986). "Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983". Oxford University Press.
4. "William Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870 – ''Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic''...". Documenting the American South.
5. Rees, William. (1992). "The Penguin Book of French Poetry: 1820-1950". Penguin.
6. 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008