1721 in poetry
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- Joseph Addison, The Works of Joseph Addison, edited by Thomas Tickell
- John Dennis, Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical. In Two Volumes, including literary criticism
- Charles Gildon, Laws of Poetry, criticism
- Alexander Pennecuik, An Ancient Prophecy Concerning Stock-Jobbing, and the Conduct of the Directors of the South-Sea-Company
- Thomas Parnell, Night-Piece on Death a notable work by one of the Graveyard poets
- Matthew Prior, Colin's Mistakes, published anonymously
- Allan Ramsay, Poems
- Jonathan Swift:
- * The Bubble
- * Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
- Thomas Tickell, Kensington Garden, published anonymously this year, although the book states "1722"
Other
- Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Earthly Pleasure in God, Germany
Births
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- March 17 - James Dance, pseudonym of James Dance, English poet, playwright, actor and cricketer
- March 19 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish-born physician, novelist and poet
- July 9 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet
- August 21 - Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet and playwright
- September 17 - Johann Adolf Schlegel, German poet
- October 5 - William Wilkie, Scottish poet and agriculturalist
- November 9 - Mark Akenside, English poet
- December 25 - William Collins, English poet
- date not known
- * James Grainger, Scottish-born physician, poet and translator
- * Robert Potter, English translator, poet and cleric
Deaths
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