1625 in poetry

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

Events

 * John Milton enters Christ's College, Cambridge.

Great Britain

 * Thomas Heywood:
 * Translator, Art of Love, publication year uncertain; published anonymously; translated from Ovid, Ars amatoria
 * A Funeral Elegie: Upon the much lamented death of [...] King James
 * Francis Quarles, Sions Sonnets (see also Sions Elegies 1624)

Other

 * Honorat de Bueil de Racan, Les Bergeries, France
 * Honoré d'Urfé, Sylvanire, France

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Miguel de Barrios (died 1701), Spanish poet and historian
 * Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (died 1698), Irish language poet
 * John Caryll (died 1711), English poet, dramatist and diplomat
 * Samuel Chappuzeau (died 1701), French scholar, author, poet and playwright
 * Marusia Churai (died 1689), semi-mythical Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet and singer
 * Jacques de Coras (died 1677), French poet and minister
 * Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (died 1697), kabalistic writer and poet
 * Katarina Zrinska (died 1673), Croatian noblewoman and poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * March 26 – Giambattista Marino (born 1569), Italian poet famous for his long epic L'Adone
 * August 29 (bur.) – John Fletcher (born 1579), English dramatist and poet
 * September – Thomas Lodge (born 1558), English dramatist, writer and physician
 * September 20 – Heinrich Meibom (born 1555), German historian and poet
 * October 10 – Arthur Gorges (born 1569), English poet, translator, courtier and naval captain
 * Israel ben Moses Najara (born 1555), Hebrew poet in Palestine (Ottoman Empire)
 * Adrianus Valerius (born 1570), Dutch