1642 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events May–June – English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace is incarcerated in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster for defying Parliament, during which time he perhaps writes To Althea, from Prison

Works published John Denham, Cooper's Hill, the first example in English of a poem devoted to local description, in this case the Thames scenery around the author's home at Egham in Surrey; the poem was rewritten many times and later received high praise from Samuel Johnson, although Denham's reputation later ebbed Arthur Johnston, died 1641, Opera, Scottish poet writing in Latin Sir Francis Kynaston, Leoline and Sydanis Henry More, Psychodia Platonica; or, A Platonicall Song of the Soul Alexander Ross, Mel Heliconium; or, Poeticall Honey John Taylor, Mad Fashions, Odd Fashions, All Out of Fashions; or, The Emblems of those Distracted Times

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (died 1720), Persian poet and Sufi Yusuf Nabi (died 1712), Turkish diwan poet Ihara Saikaku (died 1693), Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose, ukiyo-zōshi Thomas Shadwell (died 1692), English poet and playwright appointed poet laureate in 1689 Edward Taylor (died 1729), Colonial American poet, physician and clergymanBurt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, , retrieved via Google Books December 30 – Vincenzo da Filicaja (died 1707), Italian poet

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: June 1 – Sir John Suckling (born 1609), English John Chalkhill (born 1594), English Francis Kynaston (born 1587), English courtier, poet and translator James Mabbe (born 1572), English scholar, poet and translator

1642 in poetry

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