This article covers 1852 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published in English United Kingdom Matthew Arnold, Empedocles on Etna, and Other PoemsCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington

United States Thomas Holley Chivers, The Death of the Devil, A Serio-Ludicro, Tragico-Comico, Nigero-Whiteman Extravaganza Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell HolmesLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press Richard Realf, Guesses at the Beautiful Richard Henry Stoddard, Poems

Works published in other languages

France Théophile Gautier's Emaux et camées Leconte de Lisle, Poèmes antiques Gérard de Nerval, et Les illuminés

Other Andreas Munch, Sorg og Trøst, Norwegian Theodor Storm, Gedichte ("Poems"), Germany

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 24 – George Moore (died 1933) Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist March 15 – Lady Gregory (died 1932), Irish dramatist, folklorist and poet March 22 – Francis William Bourdillon (died 1921), English poet and translator April 23 – Edwin Markham (died 1940), American poet June 17 – M. A. Bayfield (died 1922), English classical scholar and writer on poetry October 31 – Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (died 1930), American novelist and poet November 10 – Henry van Dyke (died 1933), American author, poet, educator and clergyman Also: Ganesh Janardan Agasha (died 1919), Indian, Marathi-language poet and literary criticDas, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008 Emma Maria Caillard Moyinkutty Vaidyar (died 1891), Indian, Malayalam-language poet

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 17 – Micah Joseph Lebensohn (born 1828), Lithuanian Jewish, Hebrew language poet (tuberculosis) February 25 – Thomas Moore (born 1779), Irish-born poet and songwriter April 10 – John Howard Payne (born 1791), American actor, playwright, author and consul in Tunis (1842–1852); most remembered as creator of "Home! Sweet Home!" April 25 – Álvares de Azevedo (born 1831), Brazilian Ultra-Romantic poet and writer (tuberculosis) May 3 – Sara Coleridge (born 1802), English writer November 15 – John Hamilton Reynolds (born 1794), English poet, satirist, critic and playwright

See also

19th century in poetry 19th century in literature List of years in poetry List of years in literature Victorian literature French literature of the 19th century Poetry

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