1621 in poetry

• November 22 – English poet John Donne is installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. ==Works published==

===Great Britain=== • John Ashmore, translator, Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished; and their Arguments Annexed • Richard Brathwaite: • Natures Embassie; or, The Wilde-Mans Measures • Times Curtaine Drawne; or, The Anatomie of Vanitie • Ralph Crane, The Workes of Mercy, Both Corporeal and Spiritual • Francis Quarles, Hadassa; or, The History of Queene Ester • George Sandys, ''The First Five Books of Ovid's Metamorphosis, published anonymously (see also Ovid's Metamorphosis'' 1626) • Rachel Speght, Mortalities Memorandum: With a dreame prefixed, imaginarie in manner, reall in matter • John Taylor: • The Praise, Antiquity, and Commodity, of Beggery, Beggers and Begging • Superbiae Flagellum; or, The Whip of Pride • George Wither, The Songs of the Old Testament, verses and music • Lady Mary Wroth (Sir Philip Sidney's niece), Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, sonnet sequence written since 1613 partially included in ''The Countess of Montgomery's Urania'' Other • Théophile de Viau, Œuvres poétiques, France ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • March 31 – Andrew Marvell (died 1678), English metaphysical poet and parliamentarian • April 17 – Henry Vaughan (died 1695), Welsh poet • July 8 – Jean de La Fontaine (died 1695), French poet and fable writer • July 24 – Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (died 1693), Polish poet and member of the noble class Szlachta • Rupa Bhavani (died 1721), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet • Jane Cavendish (died 1669), English poet and playwright • Wacław Potocki (died 1696), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet and writer ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • March 28 – Ottavio Rinuccini (born 1562), Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist • August 3 – Guillaume du Vair (born 1556), French writer and poet • August 15 – John Barclay (born 1582), Scottish satirist and poet • September 25 – Mary Herbert (born 1561), English poet, translator, patron, hostess of a literary salon, and sister of Philip Sidney • October 12 – Pierre Matthieu (born 1563), French playwright, poet and historian ==See also==