1632 in poetry

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Works published

 * Arthur Johnston, Epigrammata, Scottish poet writing in Latin
 * John Lyly, Alexander and Campaspe
 * John Milton, "An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare", printed anonymously in the Second Folio of William Shakespeare's plays
 * Johannes Narssius, Gustavidos sive de bello Sueco-austriaco libri tres
 * Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digested into epigrammes, meditations and observations

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * January 1 – Katherine Philips, née Fowler (died 1664), London-born Anglo-Welsh poet
 * August 13 – François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (died 1713), French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin
 * Étienne Pavillon (died 1705), French lawyer and poet
 * Rahman Baba (died 1706), Indian Pashto poet
 * Wang Wu (died 1690), Chinese painter and poet
 * Wu Li (died 1718), Chinese landscape painter and poet

Deaths
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 * February 23 – Giambattista Basile (born c. 1570), Italian poet, courtier and collector of fairy tales
 * February/March – John Weever (born 1576), English poet and antiquary
 * July 29 – Samuel Ampzing (born 1590), Dutch clergyman and poet
 * August 25 – Thomas Dekker (born 1572), English playwright, writer, pamphleteer and poet
 * Ye Wanwan, died this year, according to one source, or in 1633, according to another (born 1610), Chinese poet and daughter of poet Shen Yixiu; also sister of women poets Ye Xiaowan and Ye Xiaoluan
 * Last known reference – Henry Reynolds (born 1564), English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic
 * Possible date – John Webster (born c. 1580), English Jacobean dramatist and poet