1521 in poetry
-- Lines 12-21, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng" by John Skelton. The poem is thought to have been first published this year.
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- Her lothly lere [unwanted complexion]
- Is nothing clear,
- But ugly of cheer,
- Droopy and drowsy,
- Scurvy and lousy;
- Her face all bowsy [bloated by drink]
- Comely crinkled,
- Wondersly wrinkled,
- Like a roast pig's ear,
- Bristled with hear. [hair]
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
Cover of the first edition of Marko Marulić's Judita
- Anonymous, A boke of a Ghoostly fader ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"),[1] London: Wynkyn de Worde[2] 1520 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication[2])
- Anonymous, Christmas Carols, including "A caroll of huntynge" and "A carol bringyng in the bores heed"[1]
- Alexander Barclay, The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog" (see also Eclogues 1530, Fifth Eclogue 1518)[1]
- Henry Bradshaw, The Life of St. Werburgh[1]
- Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses interspersed in the text[1]
- Robert Copland, English:
- Marko Marulić, Judita ("Judith"), Croatian poem, a landmark in Croatian literature, printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto on August 13, and published three times during the author's life (written in 1501)
- John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng", publication year uncertain (reprinted in Skelton's Certain Books 1545)[1]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Anne Askew born about this year, also spelled "Anne Ayscough" (died 1546), English poet and Protestant martyr who was persecuted as a heretic; the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake
- Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder (died 1565), English
- Jorge de Montemayor, year uncertain (died 1561), Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish
- Pontus de Tyard born about this year (died 1605), French, poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade"
- Xu Wei (died 1593), Chinese painter, poet and dramatist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 10 – Sebastian Brant (born c.1457), German
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gollark: I suspect it is just easier to see weird political ideologies because internet.
gollark: > implying every supporter of Bernie Sanders agrees with them
gollark: Since humans came from Africa somewhere and spread everywhere else, in a sense... we are all colonizers.
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See also
Notes
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- Web page titled "Academic Text Service (ATS)/ Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: / Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603", at Stanford University library website, retrieved September 8, 2009. Archived 2009-09-11.
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