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February 24 – Première of first stage production of the poetic drama Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (published 1867) with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, in Christiania, Norway.Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love (revised and expanded in 1889)Robert Browning, Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper; with Other PoemsLewis Carroll, The Hunting of the SnarkEdward Dowden, PoemsToru Dutt, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields: Verse Translations and Poems, Bhowanipur, Calcutta: B. M. Bose (expanded edition, Bhowanipur: Saptahik Sambad Press 1878; London: Kegan Paul 1880); Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United KingdomDora Greenwell, Camera ObscuraGerard Manley Hopkins, The Wreck of the Deutschland, submitted for publication but not in fact published until 1918William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the NiblungsEmily Pfeiffer, PoemsPercy Bysshe Shelley, The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited by Harry Buxton Forman, eight volumes published from this year through 1880Ralph Waldo Emerson, Selected PoemsHerman Melville, Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy LandJulia A. Moore, The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public (see subsection below; republished as The Sentimental Song Book)Bayard Taylor, The Echo Club and Other Literary DiversionsWalt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, sixth editionJohn Greenleaf Whittier, Mabel MartinThis year Poetaster Julia A. Moore's first book of verse, The Sentimental Song Book, was published in Grand Rapids, and quickly went into a second printing. A copy fell into the hands of one James F. Ryder, a Cleveland, Ohio, publisher who recognized its awful majesty and soon republished it under the title The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public. Ryder sent out numerous review copies to newspapers across the country, with a cover letter filled with low key mock praise.
And so Moore received national attention. Following Ryder's lead, contemporary reviews were amusedly negative. For instance, The Rochester Democrat wrote of Sweet Singer, that "Shakespeare, could he read it, would be glad that he was dead …. If Julia A. Moore would kindly deign to shed some of her poetry on our humble grave, we should be but too glad to go out and shoot ourselves tomorrow."
Toru Dutt, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields: Verse Translations and Poems, Bhowanipur, Calcutta: B. M. Bose (expanded edition, Bhowanipur: Saptahik Sambad Press 1878; London: Kegan Paul 1880); Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United KingdomBehramji Merwanji Malabari, editor, The Indian Muse in English Garb, Bombay: Merwanji Nowroji, Daboo, 99 pages; Indian poetry in EnglishFrançois Coppée, OlivierStéphane Mallarmé, L'après-midi d'un faune ("Afternoon of a Faun", or "A Faun in the Afternoon"), published in April, with illustrations by ManetCatulle Mendès, Poesies, jere serieRosario de Acuña, Ecos del alma ("Echoes from the Soul")Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 25 – William Ellery Leonard (died 1944), AmericanFebruary 4 – Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn (died 1959), American poet and socialistMarch 4 – Léon-Paul Fargue (died 1947), French editor, poet and essayistMarch 15 – Kambara Ariake 蒲原有明 pen-name of Kambara Hayao (died 1952), Japanese, Taishō and Showa period poet and novelistJune 20 – Edmond Laforest (suicide 1915), Haitian French language poetJuly 12 – Max Jacob (died 1944), French painter, poet and criticJuly 25 – Mihai Codreanu (died 1957), RomanianSeptember 7 – C. J. Dennis (died 1938), Australian poet who wrote The Songs of a Sentimental BlokeOctober 4 – Hugh McCrae (died 1958), AustralianDecember 9 – Mizuho Ōta 太田水穂 pen-name of "Teiichi Ōta" 太田 貞, he occasionally also used another pen name, "Mizuhonoya" (died 1955), Japanese, Shōwa period poet and literary scholarAlso:Eva Dobell (died 1963) English poet, nurse, and editor best known for her verses related to World War I soldiersAlice Guèrin Crist (died 1941), AustralianWilliam Lawson (writer) (died 1957), AustralianSaishū Onoe 尾上柴舟 (died 1957), tanka poet and calligrapherBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
June 20 – John Neal, 82 (born 1793), author, art critic, literary critic and poet, who refused to emulate British authors by writing strictly in a clean tone, instead writing more as he spoke and allowing his characters to speak gruffly, if the story called for it; also an early women's rights advocate, prohibitionist, temperance advocate, accomplished lawyer, boxer, and architect who reportedly, at the age of 79, threw a smoker off a non-smoking trolley when the man refused to stopJuly 14 – Charles Heavysege (born 1816), CanadianDecember 23 – Charles Neaves (born 1800), Scottish judge and poetDecember 27 – Frederik Paludan-Muller (born 1809), DanishDecember 30 – Christian Winther (born 1796), DanishAlso:Gu Taiqing (born 1799), Chinese poet during the Qing DynastyMaqbool Shah Kralawari (born 1820), Indian, Kashmiri-language poetMeenakshi Sundaram Pillai (born 1815), Indian Tamil scholar and poet 
