This year is known as the "Year Without a Summer" after Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year and cast enough ash into the atmosphere to block out the sun and cause abnormal weather across much of Northern Europe and the Northeastern United States. This pall of darkness inspires Byron to write his poem "Darkness" in July.
Lord Byron separates from his wife and in April leaves England to tour continental Europe (never returning), settling in the summer in Switzerland, at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva; in late May he meets, and soon becomes friends with, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Shelley's wife-to-be Mary Godwin. Regular conversation with Byron has an invigorating effect on Shelley's poetry. While on a boating tour the two take together, Shelley is inspired to write his Hymn to Intellectual Beauty. Shelley, in turn, influences Byron's poetry. This new influence shows itself in the third part of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, which Byron is working on, as well as in Manfred, which he writes in the autumn of this year.
Shelley is introduced to John Keats in Hampstead towards the end of the year by their mutual friend, Leigh Hunt, who is to transfer his enthusiasm from Keats to Shelley.
December 30 — Shelley marries his mistress Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in London following the suicides on October 9 of her half-sister, Fanny Imlay (by laudanum in Swansea), and on December 10 of his pregnant estranged first wife, Harriet (by drowning in The Serpentine).
Lord Byron (listed in chronological order of publication):
February 13: Parisina published together with The Siege of Corinth
April 14: A Sketch from Private Life, about the separation from his wife, Augusta; printed for private circulation; unauthorized publication in The Champion on April 14 of this year[1]
April 14: "Fare Thee Well" like A Sketch, about the separation from his wife, also published without authorization in The Champion
September 16: Monody on the Death of the Right Honorouble R. B. Sheriden, written at the request of Douglas Kinnaird; spoken at Drury Lane Theatre by Mrs. Maria Davison on this date[1]
November 18: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Part III; the publisher is able to sell 7,000 copies of both this work and The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems to booksellers at a dinner in December.
The Lay of the Laureate: Carmen nuptiale, written for the marriage of Princess Charlotte; a privately printed edition with the title Carmen Nuptiale is also published this year[1]
Joseph Rodman Drake, "The Culprit Fay", a 600-line poem about a fairy who falls in love with a mortal maiden in the Hudson Valley; republished in 1835 in The Culprit Fay and Other Poems[3]
John Pierpont, The Airs of Palestine, a popular long poem which quickly went through three editions; traces the influence of music on Jewish history[5] and praises sacred music; written while the author was a Baltimore shopkeeper, the popular poem gains him a reputation as one of the best American poets of his time[3]
Lydia Sigourney, using the pen name "Lydia Huntley", Moral pieces, in Prose and Verse, Hartford, Connecticut: Sheldon & Goodwin[6]
Alexander Wilson, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, poems and a biographical essay on the author's life, posthumously published[3]
October 27 – Santō Kyōden 山東京伝, pen name of Samuru Iwase 岩瀬醒, also known popularly as "Kyōya Denzō" 京屋伝蔵 (born 1761), JapaneseEdo period poet, writer and artist; brother of Santō Kyōzan
^ abcdefghijklmnopqCox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-860634-6.
^Wu, Duncan, Romanticism: An Anthology, p 528, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Inc., 1994, ISBN0-631-19196-8
^ abcBurt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
^Sears, Donald A. (1978). John Neal. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. p. 24. ISBN080-5-7723-08.
^Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993
^ abWeb page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation s poetry or literature for instance Irish or France List of years in poetry table 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 In literature 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 2 1 United Kingdom 2 2 United States 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 NotesEvents editThis year is known as the Year Without a Summer after Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year and cast enough ash into the atmosphere to block out the sun and cause abnormal weather across much of Northern Europe and the Northeastern United States This pall of darkness inspires Byron to write his poem Darkness in July Lord Byron separates from his wife and in April leaves England to tour continental Europe never returning settling in the summer in Switzerland at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva in late May he meets and soon becomes friends with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and Shelley s wife to be Mary Godwin Regular conversation with Byron has an invigorating effect on Shelley s poetry While on a boating tour the two take together Shelley is inspired to write his Hymn to Intellectual Beauty Shelley in turn influences Byron s poetry This new influence shows itself in the third part of Childe Harold s Pilgrimage which Byron is working on as well as in Manfred which he writes in the autumn of this year In late August Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin return to England from Switzerland taking with them some of Byron s manuscripts for his publisher Shelley is introduced to John Keats in Hampstead towards the end of the year by their mutual friend Leigh Hunt who is to transfer his enthusiasm from Keats to Shelley December 30 Shelley marries his mistress Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in London following the suicides on October 9 of her half sister Fanny Imlay by laudanum in Swansea and on December 10 of his pregnant estranged first wife Harriet by drowning in The Serpentine Works published edit nbsp Chateau de Chillon where much of The Prisoner of Chillon takes place United Kingdom edit Eaton Stannard Barrett The Talents Run Mad or Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen 1 Mary Matilda Betham The Lay of Marie 1 Thomas Brown The Wanderer in Norway 1 Lord Byron listed in chronological order of publication February 13 Parisina published together with The Siege of Corinth April 14 A Sketch from Private Life about the separation from his wife Augusta printed for private circulation unauthorized publication in The Champion on April 14 of this year 1 April 14 Fare Thee Well like A Sketch about the separation from his wife also published without authorization in The Champion September 16 Monody on the Death of the Right Honorouble R B Sheriden written at the request of Douglas Kinnaird spoken at Drury Lane Theatre by Mrs Maria Davison on this date 1 November 18 Childe Harold s Pilgrimage Part III the publisher is able to sell 7 000 copies of both this work and The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems to booksellers at a dinner in December December 5 The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems 1 Poems 1 The Dream Prometheus Darkness inspired by the darkness of this year see above Manfred completed and published 1817 nbsp Draft of Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge written 1797 first published 1816 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Kubla Khan A Vision The Pains of Sleep including Christabel and Kubla Khan May 25 2 Jane Ellis Cerddi Welsh first published Welsh language book by a woman James Hogg Mador of the Moor 1 The Poetic Mirror or The Living Bards of Britain published anonymously has parodies of William Wordsworth S T Coleridge and Robert Southey 1 Leigh Hunt Story of Rimini Hannah More Poems 1 Edward Quillinan The Sacrifice of Isabel 1 Quiz illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan a hudibrastic poem in eight cantos J H Reynolds The Naiad with Other Poems published anonymously 1 Percy Bysshe Shelley Alastor or The Spirit of Solitude and Other Poems including Alastor or The Spirit of Solitude published in March 1 John Keats On First Looking into Chapman s Homer Robert Southey The Lay of the Laureate Carmen nuptiale written for the marriage of Princess Charlotte a privately printed edition with the title Carmen Nuptiale is also published this year 1 The Poet s Pilgrimage to Waterloo 1 John Wilson The City of the Plague and Other Poems 1 William Wordsworth Thanksgiving Ode January 18 1816 1 United States edit Joseph Rodman Drake The Culprit Fay a 600 line poem about a fairy who falls in love with a mortal maiden in the Hudson Valley republished in 1835 in The Culprit Fay and Other Poems 3 John Neal earliest poetry published in The Portico volumes 1 and 2 4 John Pierpont The Airs of Palestine a popular long poem which quickly went through three editions traces the influence of music on Jewish history 5 and praises sacred music written while the author was a Baltimore shopkeeper the popular poem gains him a reputation as one of the best American poets of his time 3 Lydia Sigourney using the pen name Lydia Huntley Moral pieces in Prose and Verse Hartford Connecticut Sheldon amp Goodwin 6 Alexander Wilson Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect poems and a biographical essay on the author s life posthumously published 3 nbsp Richard Brinsley Sheridan dies this year aged 64Births editDeath years link to the corresponding year in poetry article January 16 Frances Browne died 1879 Irish poet February 18 Ferdinand Dugue died 1913 French poet and playwright April 21 Charlotte Bronte died 1855 English novelist and poet April 22 Philip James Bailey died 1902 English Spasmodic poet April 23 Douglas Smith Huyghue died 1891 Canadian and Australian poet fiction writer essayist and artist April 29 Charles William Shirley Brooks died 1874 English journalist and poet May 2 Charles Heavysege died 1876 English born Canadian poet and dramatist August 31 Josiah D Canning born Josiah Dean Cannon died 1892 American poet October 26 Philip Pendleton Cooke died 1850 American lawyer and poetDeaths editBirth years link to the corresponding year in poetry article June 16 Hugh Henry Brackenridge born 1748 American writer poet lawyer judge and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice 6 July 7 Richard Brinsley Sheridan born 1751 Irish playwright Whig statesman writer and poet October 27 Santō Kyōden 山東京伝 pen name of Samuru Iwase 岩瀬醒 also known popularly as Kyōya Denzō 京屋伝蔵 born 1761 Japanese Edo period poet writer and artist brother of Santō KyōzanSee also edit nbsp Poetry portal Poetry 19th century in literature 19th century in poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature List of poets Golden Age of Russian Poetry 1800 1850 Romantic poetry Weimar Classicism period in Germany commonly considered to have begun in 1788 and to have ended either in 1805 with the death of Friedrich Schiller or 1832 with the death of GoetheNotes edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Cox Michael ed 2004 The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 860634 6 Wu Duncan Romanticism An Anthology p 528 Cambridge Massachusetts Blackwell Publishers Inc 1994 ISBN 0 631 19196 8 a b c Burt Daniel S The Chronology of American Literature America s literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2004 ISBN 978 0 618 16821 7 retrieved via Google Books Sears Donald A 1978 John Neal Boston Massachusetts Twayne Publishers p 24 ISBN 080 5 7723 08 Carruth Gorton The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates ninth edition HarperCollins 1993 a b Web page titled American Poetry Full Text Database Bibliography at University of Chicago Library website retrieved March 4 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1816 in poetry amp oldid 1025040026, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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