This article covers 1686 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published Sarah Fyge Egerton (later Sarah Field), The Female Advocate, published anonymously in reply to Robert Gould's Love Given O're 1682Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Thomas Flatman, A Song for St Caecilia's Day Anne Killigrew, Poems by Mrs Anne Killigrew 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
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
Poetry 17th century in poetry 17th century in literature Restoration literature
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