# 1827 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

## Events

* First publication of the 16th century Scottish Bannatyne Manuscript begins in Edinburgh by the Bannatyne Club.

## Works published in English
### United Kingdom

* Bernard Barton, A Widow's Tale, and Other Poems
* Robert Bloomfield, The Poems of Robert Bloomfield
* Edward Lytton Bulwer (later Bulwer-Lytton), published anonymously, O'Neill, or, The Rebel
* John Clare, The Shepherd's Calendar; with Village Stories and Other Poems
* George Darley, Sylvia; or, The May Queen
* Reginald Heber, Hymns
* Thomas Hood:
** The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies; Hero and Leander; Lycus the Centaur; and Other Poems
** Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse, second series, poetry and prose (see also Whims and Oddities 1826)
* May Howitt, and William Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam; The Emigrant; A Tale of the American Woods, and Other Poems
* John Keble, published anonymously, The Christian Year, 100 editions were published by 1866
* Letitia Elizabeth Landon, writing under the pen name "L.E.L.", The Golden Violet, and Other Poems
* Robert Millhouse, Sherwood Forest: and other poems.
* Mary Russell Mitford, Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems
* James Montgomery, The Pelican Island, and Other Poems
* Robert Pollok, The Course of Time, Scottish
* Agnes Strickland, The Seven Ages of Woman, and Other Poems
* Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Tennyson, and Frederick Tennyson, published anonymously, Poems, by Two Brothers, despite the title, there were three authors
* William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, text very much revised from Miscellaneous Poems 1820; see also Poetical Works 1836, Poetical Works 1840, and Poetical Works (Centenary Edition) 1870

### United States

* Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, "The Cities of the Plain", a narrative poem about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
* Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems, the author's first book of poetry sold well and was praised by critics
* Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane and Other Poems, initially published anonymously; the author's first poetry book; including "Visit of the Dead", "The Lake", "Evening Star", and "Imitation"
* Lydia Sigourney, Poems
* William Gilmore Simms:
** Lyrical and Other Poems
** Early Lays
* Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sketches, the author's first poetry book; mostly Biblical paraphrases

### Other in English

* Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Poems, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press; India, Indian poetry in English

## Works published in other languages

* Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder ("Book of Songs"), the author's first major poetry collection, German author and poet living in France
* Giacomo Leopardi, Operette Morali

## Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
* February 17 – Rose Terry Cooke (died 1892), American
* April 16 – Octave Crémazie (died 1879), Canadian, "the father of French Canadian poetry"
* June 9 – Francis Miles Finch (died 1907), American
* June 18 – Helen Hinsdale Rich (died 1915), American poet
* September 18 – John Townsend Trowbridge (died 1916), American
* November 8 – José Bonifácio the Younger (died 1886), French-born Brazilian politician and poet
* November 26 – Emily Jane Pfeiffer (died 1890), Welsh poet and philanthropist
* Henry Alfred Krishnapillai (died 1900), Indian Tamil language poet
* John Hollin Ridge (died 1867), American
* Fazal Shah Sayyad (died 1890), Indian Punjabi language poet

## Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
* January 6 – Charlotte von Stein (born 1742), German member of the court at Weimar, poet and close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (on whom she was a strong influence) and of Friedrich Schiller
* May 12 – David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (born 1751), Welsh
* May 29 – Carlos Wilcox (born 1794), American
* July 3 – David Davis (Castellhywel) (born 1745), Welsh minister and poet
* August 8 – George Canning (born 1770), English statesman and occasional poet
* August 12 – William Blake (born 1757), English poet, artist and visionary
* September 10 – Ugo Foscolo (born 1778), Italian writer, revolutionary and poet
* September 15 – Robert Pollok (born c. 1798), Scottish
* November 10 – St. George Tucker (born 1752), American poet, lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and Mary
* November 18 – Wilhelm Hauff (born 1802, German poet and novelist