- 1872 in poetry
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Awards
Works published
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Alfred Domett , "Ranolf and Amohia", epic poem in aMaori setting, New Zealand
*Edward Lear , "More Nonsense, Rhymes", United Kingdom
*William Morris , "Love is Enough", United Kingdom
*Victor Hugo , "L'Année terrible", France
*Christina Rossetti , "Sing-Song", book of nursery rhymes, United Kingdom
*Alfred Lord Tennyson , "Gareth and Lynette", United KingdomBirths
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June 27 —Paul Laurence Dunbar (died 1906), African-American poet
*November 30 —John McCrae (died 1918), Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier wjp died inWorld War I and best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields ".
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**John Shaw Nielson , Australian poet
**Leonora Speyer . American poetDeaths
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Henry Brownell
*Samuel Dickson
*Helena Forrest (Australia)
*William Rankine (Scotland)ee also
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Poetry
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