1698 in poetry

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

Works

 * Aphra Behn – Poetical Remains
 * John Hopkins
 * The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin
 * The Victory of Death; or the Fall of Beauty

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (died 1782), Italian poet and opera librettist
 * January 10? – Richard Savage (died 1743), English poet
 * March 22 – John Ellis (died 1791), English scrivener and poet
 * May 8 – Henry Baker (died 1774), English naturalist, poet and sign-language developer
 * July 19 – Johann Jakob Bodmer (died 1783), German-language Swiss, author, critic, academic and poet
 * Approximate date – Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (died 1770), Scottish Gaelic poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * January – Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (born 1625), Irish language poet
 * February 28 – Nicolò Minato (born 1627), Italian poet, librettist and impresario
 * September 3 – Sir Robert Howard (born 1626), English playwright, poet and brother-in-law of John Dryden