Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
6 November – The burial of Czechromantic poet Karel Hynek Mácha (in a pauper's grave) takes place on what should have been the day of his wedding to Eleonora Šomková, about a month after the birth of their child. Mácha had overexerted himself in helping put out a fire and died the previous day in Litoměřice just before his 26th birthday.[1]
William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, published in six volumes from this year to 1837 (a revised text from Poetical Works1827; new edition with corrections published in 1839; see also Miscellaneous Poems1820, Poetical Works1840, Poems1845, Poetical Works (Centenary Edition) 1870)[2]
Lyra Apostolica, religious poetry anthology, including verse by John Henry Newman
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Poetical Works, anti-slavery and descriptive poems, including "The Captured Slave" and "The Sunset Hour"; published posthumously[5]
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poems, early verse in the author's first poetry book, much of it humorous, such as "Ballad of the Oysterman" and "My Aunt", but other pieces with pathos, such as "The Last Leaf" and "Old Ironsides"[5]
John Greenleaf Whittier, "Mogg Megone", a critically well-received poem about Native Americans in Maine and the relationship of Indians and Catholic missionaries[5]