1701 in poetry

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

Events

 * Matthew Prior, English poet, enters Parliament.

Great Britain

 * Mary Chudleigh The Ladies Defence; or, The Bride-woman's Counsellor Answer'd
 * Daniel Defoe, The True-born Englishman: A satyr, published anonymously this year, but dated "1700"; inspired by John Tutchin's The Foreigners (1700), and answered by Tuchin (anonymously) in his The Apostates, this year; Defoe's poem also resulted in many other responses, adaptations and attacks
 * John Dennis, Advancement and Reformation of Modern Poetry (criticism)
 * John Dryden, Poems on Various Occasions; and Translations from Several Authors (posthumous)
 * Charles Gildon, A New Miscellany of Original Poems (anthology), includes "The Spleen" and other poems by Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea
 * Cotton Mather, Consolations, English, Colonial America (Massachusetts)
 * John Philips:
 * The Splendid Shilling
 * The Sylvan Dream; or, The Mourning Muses, published anonymously, usually attributed to Philips
 * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions. By the R. H. the E. of R., London: Printed for A. T.

Other

 * Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, l'Œuvres diverses ("Diverse Works"), France

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Matthew Concanen (died 1749), Irish-born English poet and writer
 * Matthew Pilkington (died 1774), Irish art historian and satirist
 * James Sterling (died 1763), English Colonial American poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February – Miguel de Barrios (born 1625), Spanish poet and historian
 * March 15 – Jean Renaud de Segrais (born 1624), French poet and novelist
 * August 20 – Sir Charles Sedley (born 1639), English wit, dramatist, poet and statesman
 * August 24 – Ahasverus Fritsch (born 1629), German poet and legal writer
 * August 31 – Samuel Chappuzeau (born 1625), French scholar, author, poet and playwright
 * Shah Inayatullah (born 1613), poet from Sindh, Pakistan