1691 in poetry
# 1691 in poetry

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

## Works published

* Richard Ames:
   * The Female Fire-Ships: A satyr against whoring, published anonymously
   * Islington-Wells; or, The Threepenny-academy, published anonymously
* Benjamin Keach, Spiritual Melody
* Nahum Tate, Characters of Vertue and Vice, a verse paraphrase of Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices, a 1608 prose work
* Edward Ward, The Poet's Ramble After Riches, published anonymously
* John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, &c. on Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published

## Births

* Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (died 1754), Irish poet

## Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

* March 1 – Sultan Bahu (born 1628), Muslim Sufi saint and poet
* October 10 – Isaac de Benserade (born 1613), French poet
* Mathias Balen (born 1611), Dutch historian and poet
* Probable date – Samuel Pordage (born 1633), English poet and cleric
