1852 in poetry

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

Events

Thomas Holley Chivers, The Death of the Devil, A Serio-Ludicro, Tragico-Comico, Nigero-Whiteman Extravaganza
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Richard Realf, Guesses at the Beautiful
Richard Henry Stoddard, Poems

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

February 24 – George Moore (died 1933) Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist
March 15 – Lady Gregory (died 1932), Irish dramatist, folklorist and poet
March 22 – Francis William Bourdillon (died 1921), English poet and translator
April 23 – Edwin Markham (died 1940), American poet
June 17 – M. A. Bayfield (died 1922), English classical scholar and writer on poetry
October 31 – Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (died 1930), American novelist and poet
November 10 – Henry van Dyke (died 1933), American author, poet, educator and clergyman
Also:
- Ganesh Janardan Agasha (died 1919), Indian, Marathi-language poet and literary critic
- Emma Maria Caillard
- Moyinkutty Vaidyar (died 1891), Indian, Malayalam-language poet

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

February 17 – Micah Joseph Lebensohn (born 1828), Lithuanian Jewish, Hebrew language poet (tuberculosis)
February 25 – Thomas Moore (born 1779), Irish-born poet and songwriter
April 10 – John Howard Payne (born 1791), American actor, playwright, author and consul in Tunis (1842–1852); most remembered as creator of "Home! Sweet Home!"
April 25 – Álvares de Azevedo (born 1831), Brazilian Ultra-Romantic poet and writer (tuberculosis)
May 3 – Sara Coleridge (born 1802), English writer
November 15 – John Hamilton Reynolds (born 1794), English poet, satirist, critic and playwright