1718 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). == Events == Laurence Eusden made British Poet Laureate == Works published == Joseph Addison: Poems on Several Occasions, published this year, although the book states "1719" The Resurrection, Latin poetry by Addison with an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst Nicholas Amhurst Protestant Popery; or, The Convocation (part of the Bangorian Controversy) See The Resurrection, above Cotton Mather, Psalterium Americanum: The Book of Psalms in a Translation Exactly Conformed unto the Original, but All in Blank Verse, a translation in blank verse, with his analysis of poetry, English Colonial America Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "Constantinople", circulated privately Alexander Pope, translator, Homer's Iliad, Volume IV (Books 13–16) this year, preceded by Volume I (Books 1–4) in 1715, Volume II (Books 5–8) in 1716, Volume III (Books 9–12) in 1717 and to be followed by Volume V (Books 17–21) and Volume VI (Books 22–24), both in 1720 Matthew Prior, Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind Allan Ramsay, Scots Songs (see also Scots Songs 1719) John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Remains of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester.