1686 in poetry

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• Sarah Fyge Egerton (later Sarah Field), The Female Advocate, published anonymously in reply to Robert Gould's Love Given O're 1682^[1]
• Thomas Flatman, A Song for St Caecilia's Day^[1]
• Anne Killigrew, Poems by Mrs Anne Killigrew^[1]
• Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler, Jungferlicher Zeitvertreiber (Pastime for Virgins)
• Matsuo Bashō publishes one of his best-remembered haiku:

furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto

an ancient pond / a frog jumps in / the splash of water [1686]

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

• Allan Ramsay (died 1758), Scottish poet
• Andrew Michael Ramsay (died 1743), Scottish-born writer and poet who lived most of his adult life in France

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

• Shimonokōbe Chōryū (born 1624), Japanese poet-scholar

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• 17th century in poetry
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