1853 in poetry
# 1853 in poetry

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

## Events

* October 27 – English poet Alfred Tennyson settles at Farringford House on the Isle of Wight.

## Works published in English

### United Kingdom

* Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, Narratyve Hymns for Village Schools
* Matthew Arnold, Poems: a New Edition, the first collected edition of the author's poems; known as Poems: First Series (see also 1855); including "Sobrab and Rustum" and "The Scholar Gipsy"
* R. D. Blackmore, writing under the pen name "Melanter", Poems by Melanter
* Martha Browne, (a.k.a. Mattie Griffith) Poems
* Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (see also Poems 1844, 1850, 1856)
* Caroline Clive, writing under the pen name "V", The Morlas
* Sydney Dobell, Balder
* Coventry Patmore, Tamerton Church-Tower (see also 1878)
* Alexander Smith, Poems, Scottish poet

### United States

* Thomas Holley Chivers:
   * Atlanta; or, the True Blessed Island of Poesy, a Paul Epic
   * Memoralia; or, Phials of Amber Full of the Tears of Love
   * Virginalia; or, Songs of My Summer Nights
* Samuel Longfellow, Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side, compiled with Thomas Wentworth Higginson
* Lydia Huntley Sigourney, The Faded Hope
* William Gilmore Simms, Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, in two volumes, Charleston, South Carolina: John Russell
* Sarah Helen Whitman, Hours of Life
* John Greenleaf Whittier, The Chapel of the Hermits

### Other

* Peter John Allan (died 1848), Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., Canadian poet published in London
* Charles Harpur, The Bushrangers: a Play in Five Acts, and other Poems, Australia

## Works published in other languages

* Hilario Ascasubi, Aniceto el Gallo, Argentina
* Álvares de Azevedo, Lira dos Vinte Anos, Brazil (posthumous)
* Paul Heyse, Lieder aus Sorrent ("Songs of Sorrento"), Germany
* Victor Hugo, Les Châtiments, France
* Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg, Estonia (suppressed due to censorship)

## Births

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

* February 18 - Ernest Fenollosa, American (died 1908)
* October 4 - Jane Maria Read, American poet and teacher (year of death unknown)

## Deaths

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

* February 3 – August Kopisch, German poet and painter (born 1799)
* April 28 – Ludwig Tieck, German (born 1773)
* October 27 – Maria White Lowell, American (born 1821)
* December 2 – Amelia Opie, English novelist, writer and poet (born 1769)
* Dayaram, Indian, Gujarati-language poet (born 1757)
