Overview of the events of 1841 in poetry
The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven -
All's right with the world!
— Robert Browning, Pippa Passes, published this year
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 10 – Ina Donna Coolbrith (died 1928), American
- March 21 – Mathilde Blind ("Claude Lake"), born Mathilde Cohen (died 1896 in poetry), German-born English
- March 31 – Iosif Vulcan (died 1907), Romanian magazine editor, poet, playwright, novelist and cultural figure
- April 6 – Ivan Surikov (died 1898), Russian
- April 29 – Edward Rowland Sill (died 1887), American
- May 22 – Catulle Mendès (died 1909), French
- August 18 – Robert Williams Buchanan (died 1901), Scottish
- December 30 – Charles E. Carryl (died 1920), American
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 19 – Ulrika Widström (born 1764), Swedish poet and translator
- March 2 – George Dyer (born 1755), English classicist and writer
- May 20 – Joseph Blanco White (born 1775), Spanish-born English theologian and poet
- June 1 – Robert Allan (born 1774), Scottish weaver poet, in New York
- July 27 – Mikhail Lermontov (born 1814), Russian poet, dramatist, fiction writer and painter, in duel
- August 24 – Bjarni Thorarensen (born 1786), Icelandic poet and official
- September 16 – Thomas John Dibdin (born 1771), English playwright and songwriter