1840 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 |
| Years in literature: | 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 18th century 19th century 20th century |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Works published
- Robert Browning's Sordello
- Mikhail Lermontov's The Novice
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's Defence of Poetry, posthumously published
[edit] Births
- January 18 Henry Austin Dobson (UK)
- March 1 - Constance Fenimore Woolson (US)
- March 18 - William Cosmo Monkhouse (UK)
- June 2 - Thomas Hardy (UK)
- August 17 Wilfred Scawen Blunt (UK)
- October 5 - John Addington Symonds (UK)
