Anapaestic dimeter

Two anapaests to the line, two light syllables then a stress. Below, what the metre is and how to recognise it, then every poem on Laurel measured as anapaestic dimeter, with how closely each keeps it.

127 poems on Laurel in anapaestic dimeter

1. The Fugitives Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · 90%
2. The Echoing Green William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 97%
3. The Echoing Green William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 97%
4. For Annie Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, and Other Poems · 86%
5. The Lockless Door Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 99%
6. Spoils of the Dead Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · 98%
7. Gathering Leaves Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 92%
8. Ardella Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
9. Tea Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 91%
10. Cortège for Rosenbloom Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 89%
11. Complete Destruction William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 100%
12. The Peacock W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 97%
13. The Moods W. B. Yeats, The Wind Among the Reeds · 93%
14. A Tippling Ballad Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 90%
15. On Returning a Newspaper Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 80%
16. At the Tavern Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
17. Twilight Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
18. She Gave Me a Rose Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 94%
19. The Place Where the Rainbow Ends Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 89%
20. 'Poor Honest Men' (A.D. 1800) Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books
21. An Astrologer's Song Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books
22. The New Knighthood Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books
23. Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 93%
24. The Souls of the Slain Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 88%
25. At the Piano Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
26. At the Wicket-Gate Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
27. Lament Thomas Hardy, Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries
28. The Clock-Winder Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
29. The Glimpse Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
30. “For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly” Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
31. Frithiof's Farewell Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · 98%
32. Spring Isaac Rosenberg, Poems · 100%
33. Lady, You Are My God Isaac Rosenberg, Poems · 95%
34. The Little Old Cupid Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 89%
35. The Changeling Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 84%
36. Song George Meredith, Modern Love, and Other Poems · 90%
37. The Rape of Aurora George Meredith, Modern Love, and Other Poems · 82%
38. A Mock Song II Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · 94%
39. 243. Draw-Gloves Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
40. 1051. The Tinker's Song Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 97%
41. 643. The Hag Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 96%
42. Calico Pie III Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs · 100%
43. Calico Pie II Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs · 97%
44. The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 87%
45. Chanson Sans Paroles Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 96%
46. The Master of the Dance Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 89%
47. The Return Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 96%
48. Choral Song Alan Seeger, Poems · 82%
49. Sea Lullaby Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 92%
50. Charioteer H.D., Heliodora, and Other Poems
51. The Foreigner Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 94%
52. Le Marais Du Cygne John Greenleaf Whittier, Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform
53. A Thought of Home at Sea: Written for Music Felicia Hemans, Poems
54. On Mrs. Parkes’s Pamphlet Thomas Hood, Poems · 100%
55. A Flying Visit Thomas Hood, Poems · 92%
56. The Devil’s Album Thomas Hood, Poems · 82%
57. A Flying Visit Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems
58. Autumn Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems
59. The Dancing Girl James Weldon Johnson, Fifty Years and Other Poems · 93%
60. A Riddle Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 100%
61. Night William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · 99%
62. There Was an Old Man Came Over the Lea Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 97%
63. Poems Dora Sigerson · 97%
64. My Grief on the Sea Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 96%
65. The Spring of the Year Allan Cunningham, Poems · 96%
66. A Poem on High Church Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 96%
67. Reproach to the Pipe Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 95%
68. Will Wood's Petition to the People of Ireland Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 95%
69. Poems Douglas Hyde · 95%
70. Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Dr. Baker’s Oliver Goldsmith, Poems · 95%
71. A Reply, by Sheridan, to Delany Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 94%
72. O Mary of Graces Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 94%
73. Urceus Exit Henry Austin Dobson, Poems · 94%
74. Dingley and Brent a Song Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 93%
75. The Downfall of the Gael Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 91%
76. Ballad Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 91%
77. The Prince of Whim Edwin Markham, Lincoln and Other Poems · 90%
78. The Death of Queen Jane (Traditional.) Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 89%
79. The Famous Speech-Maker of England Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 89%
80. An Excellent New Song Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems · 89%
81. Me and Bilkammle Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 88%
82. Horace's Ode to "Lydia" Roche Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 87%
83. 'Bell upon Organ George MacDonald, A Microcosm in Terza Rima, and Other Poems
84. All Aboard! Oliver Herford, The Bashful Earthquake, and Other Fables and Verses
85. Book I: The Grasshopper and the Ant Jean de La Fontaine, The Fables of La Fontaine
86. Chapter I: The Wedding Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
87. Chapter V: The She-Wolf Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
88. Chapter VII: The Governor's Lady Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
89. Chapter VIII: The Woman's Legend Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
90. Cradle Song A. A. Milne, Now We Are Six
91. Dithyramb Friedrich Schiller, The Poems of Schiller: Third Period
92. Fog Carl Sandburg, Chicago Poems
93. For a Charity Fair Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Poems and Songs
94. Guerdon Sarojini Naidu, The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring
95. In Contumaciam Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay
96. Jonathan Jo A. A. Milne, When We Were Very Young
97. Klim, the Elder Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
98. My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint Against the Dean Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa, and Other Poems
99. Old Crow John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919
100. On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland Edmund Waller, Cooper's Hill, and Other Poems
101. Prologue Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
102. Prologue Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
103. Prologue Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
104. Prologue Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
105. Prospice Mary E. Burt, Poems Every Child Should Know
106. Si Parva Licet Componere Magnis Radclyffe Hall, Songs of Three Counties, and Other Poems
107. Swan Song Dorothy Parker, Sunset Gun
108. The Angels of Sleep Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Poems and Songs
109. The Die-Hard Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
110. The Emperor's Rhyme A. A. Milne, Now We Are Six
111. The Favor of the Moment Friedrich Schiller, The Poems of Schiller: Third Period
112. The Inn of the Star Helen Gray Cone, A Chant of Love for England, and Other Poems
113. The Last Rose of Summer Mary E. Burt, Poems Every Child Should Know
114. The Maiden's Lament Friedrich Schiller, The Poems of Schiller: Third Period
115. The Merry Song Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
116. The Salt Song Nikolai Nekrasov, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
117. Torquato Tasso: From the mantle of night Various, An Anthology of Italian Poems (Selections)
118. Translated Almost Literally Out of the Original Irish. 1720 Jonathan Swift, On Poetry: A Rhapsody, and Other Poems
119. Triolet George MacDonald, A Microcosm in Terza Rima, and Other Poems
120. V. Another, at Chester Jonathan Swift, On Poetry: A Rhapsody, and Other Poems
121. VI. Another, at Chester Jonathan Swift, On Poetry: A Rhapsody, and Other Poems
122. Verses Made for Fruit-Women: Apples Jonathan Swift, On Poetry: A Rhapsody, and Other Poems
123. Wind on the Hill A. A. Milne, Now We Are Six

The first 123 of 127 poems, best-known poets first. The rest are reachable through their poets.

Each poem's metre was measured from its own words by the method described here; the figure beside a poem is the share of its stressed syllables that fall on the beat. Forms are named from the rhyme scheme and line count together.