1856 in poetry

Events

• Henry Wallis exhibits his romantic painting of The Death of Chatterton in London with the young poet and novelist George Meredith posing as his 18th-century predecessor Thomas Chatterton.

Works published in English

[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
  • Aurora Leigh (first published November 15, dated 1857)
  • Poems (see also Poems 1844, 1850, 1853)
• Sydney Dobell, England in Time of War
• Edward Fitzgerald, written anonymously, Salaman and Absal
• Walter Savage Landor, Antony and Octavius
• Coventry Patmore, The Espousals (The Angel in the House, Volume 2; see also The Betrothal 1854, Faithful for Ever 1860, The Victories of Love 1863)
• Wesley family, The Bards of Epworth, anthology

[[American poetry|United States]]

• George Henry Boker, Plays and Poems
• Thomas Holley Chivers, Birth–Day Song of Liberty
• William Wilberforce Lord, Andre
• Mortimer Thomson, writing under the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B." (Without the pen name's abbreviations: "Queer Kritter Philander Doesticks, Perfect Brick"), Plu-ri-bus-tah, A Song That's by No Author,
• Francois Dominique Rouquette, Fleurs d'Amerique
• Charles Sangster, *The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems *, Canadian poet published in New York
• Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, second edition
• John Greenleaf Whittier, The Panorama and Other Poems

Other

• Charles Sangster, *The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems *, Canadian poet published in New York by subscription

Works published in other languages

• Aleardo Aleardi, Il Monte Circello ("Mount Circello"), Italy
• Juris Alunāns, Songs, Latvia
• Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations, France

Births

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

• January 9 – Lizette Woodworth Reese (died 1935), American
• January 22 – A. D. Godley (died 1925), Irish-born English classical scholar and writer of light verse
• March 4 – Toru Dutt (died 1877), Indian, writing in Sanskrit, French and English
• April 7 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (died 1920), poet and emir of Diiriye Guure
• August 20 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (died 1909), Sorbian poet, writer, playwright and translator
• Date not known – Kattakkayathil Cherian Mappila (died 1936), Indian, Malayalam-language poet

Deaths

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

• February 17 – Heinrich Heine (born 1797), German
• May 2 – James Gates Percival (born 1795), American poet and scientist
• July 21 – Emil Aarestrup (born 1806), Danish
• July 29 – Karel Havlíček Borovský, Czech
• Date not known – Irayimman Thampi (born 1782), Indian, Malayalam-language poet in the court of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma; wrote ' 'Omana tinkal kitjavo' ', a "cradle song" (or lullaby) still popular in Malayalam

Notes

References

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3. a satire of [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]'s ''Hiawatha''Web page titled [http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/pfaffs/p44/ "Search >> Thomson, Mortimer ( Q. K. Philander Doesticks P. B. ) (1832–1875)"] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-07-06 (a search results page?) at ''The Vault at Pfaff's'' website, retrieved July 29, 2009)
4. Bentley, D. M. R., [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/poetry-in-english/ "Poetry in English"], article in ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', retrieved February 8, 2009
5. Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
6. 978-0-14-042385-3.
7. (2001). "The Scramble in the Horn of Africa; History of Somalia (1827-1977)". Indiana University.
8. Paniker, Ayyappa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&dq=%22Balijepalli+Lakshmikantham%22&pg=PA411 "Modern Malayalam Literature"] chapter in George, K. M., editor, ''Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology'', pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009