1686 in poetry
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Events
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Works published
- Sarah Fyge Egerton (later Sarah Field), The Female Advocate, published anonymously in reply to Robert Gould's Love Given O're 1682[1]
- Thomas Flatman, A Song for St Caecilia's Day[1]
- Anne Killigrew, Poems by Mrs Anne Killigrew[1]
- Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler, Jungferlicher Zeitvertreiber (Pastime for Virgins)
- Matsuo Bashō publishes one of his best-remembered haiku:
- furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto
- an ancient pond / a frog jumps in / the splash of water [1686]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Allan Ramsay (died 1758), Scottish poet
- Andrew Michael Ramsay (died 1743), Scottish-born writer and poet who lived most of his adult life in France
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Shimonokōbe Chōryū (born 1624), Japanese poet-scholar
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6