1662 in poetry

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

Events

 * John Dryden made a member of the Royal Society

Great Britain

 * Sir Aston Cockayne, Poems, second edition of Small Poems of Divers Sorts 1658
 * John Dryden, To My Lord Chancellor, Presented on New-Years-Day
 * Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom or a Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment, a "doggerel epitome of Calvinistic theology", according to the anthology, Colonial Prose and Poetry (1903), that "attained immediately a phenomenal popularity. Eighteen hundred copies were sold within a year, and for the next century it held a secure place in [New England] Puritan households. As late as 1828 it was stated that many aged persons were still alive who could repeat it, as it had been taught them with their catechism; and the more widely one reads in the voluminous sermons of that generation, the more fair will its representation of prevailing theology in New England appear." English-born clergyman published in New England.

Other

 * Jean de La Fontaine, Ode au roi ("Ode to the King"), which defends Nicolas Fouquet, France
 * Michel de Marolles, Traité du poème épique, France
 * Jacob Steendam, Praise of New Netherland, Dutch, Colonial American
 * Joost van den Vondel, Joannes de Boetgezant ("John the Baptist"), epic, Dutch

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * October 6 (bapt.) - William Walsh (died 1708), English poet and critic
 * December 17 - Samuel Wesley (died 1735), English poet and religious leader
 * Naitō Jōsō (died 1704), Japanese Genroku period haiku poet, a principal disciple of Bashō
 * John Smith (died 1717), English poet and playwright

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * March 28 - Pierre de Boissat (born 1603), French soldier, writer, poet and translator
 * March 30 - François le Métel de Boisrobert (born 1592), French