Anapaestic tetrameter

Four anapaests to the line, two light syllables then a stress: the galloping line of Byron's Destruction of Sennacherib and of Browning's How They Brought the Good News. Below, what the metre is and how to recognise it, then every poem on Laurel measured as anapaestic tetrameter, with how closely each keeps it.

236 poems on Laurel in anapaestic tetrameter

1. Rural Architecture William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 91%
2. Written in Germany, on One of the Coldest Days of the Century William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 88%
3. The Two Thieves; Or, the Last Stage of Avarice William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 88%
4. The Farmer of Tilsbury Vale William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 86%
5. The Childless Father William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 82%
6. A Pastoral Ballad William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works, Volume III · 81%
7. A Vision of the Sea Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 81%
8. Liberty Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 75%
9. Canto II LXXII Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage · 87%
10. The Chimney-Sweeper William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 91%
11. The Chimney-Sweeper William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 91%
12. The Little Vagabond William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 84%
13. The Little Vagabond William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 83%
14. Lesson for a Boy Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · 94%
15. Answer to a Child's Question Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · 84%
16. Blueberries Robert Frost, North of Boston · 87%
17. Good-Bye and Keep Cold Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 83%
18. Tame Cat Ezra Pound, Lustra · 77%
19. Out Over the Forth Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 100%
20. The Tear-Drop Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 98%
21. There’ll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 98%
22. Kellyburn Braes Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
23. My Eppie Adair Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
24. My Eppie Macnab Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 95%
25. The Ploughman’s Life Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 94%
26. Auld Rob Morris Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 92%
27. Lines on the Commemoration of Rodney’s Victory Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 92%
28. Another Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 90%
29. Johnie Lad, Cock Up Your Beaver Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 88%
30. A Ballad Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 87%
31. Her Thought and His Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
32. The Dove Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
33. Riding to Town Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 95%
34. With the Lark Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 94%
35. Nora: A Serenade Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 89%
36. Circumstances Alter Cases Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 89%
37. To Louise Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 86%
38. Winter-Song Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 86%
39. The Disturber Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 82%
40. The Young British Soldier Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · 91%
41. The Young British Soldier Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-Room Ballads · 91%
42. Sappers Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · 84%
43. Sappers Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-Room Ballads · 78%
44. The Ruined Maid Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 94%
45. The Fire at Tranter Sweatley’s Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 91%
46. A Modern Sappho Matthew Arnold, Poems · 82%
47. Escape at Bedtime Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses · 88%
48. The Unseen Playmate Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses · 83%
49. My Treasures Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses · 80%
50. Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · 76%
51. Shemselnihar George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 88%
52. Martin’s Puzzle George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 85%
53. Requiem George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 85%
54. 1. His Confession Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 83%
55. The General Siegfried Sassoon, Counter-Attack and Other Poems · 88%
56. The General Siegfried Sassoon, The War Poems · 88%
57. The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs · 82%
58. Ellen M‘Jones Aberdeen W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 84%
59. By Twilight Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads · 85%
60. Nell Gwyn Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads · 78%
61. A Zong William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
62. Jenny Out Vrom Hwome William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
63. Meary-Ann's Child William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
64. The May-Tree William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 98%
65. The Shep'Erd Bwoy William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 97%
66. The Turn o' the Days William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 97%
67. The Maid Vor My Bride William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 96%
68. The Shy Man William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 94%
69. Evenen, an' Maidens Out at Door William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 94%
70. Love and Law Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 80%
71. All That's Not Love Alan Seeger, Poems · 78%
72. Seven Times Three. Love Jean Ingelow, Poems, Volume I · 89%
73. Characters of the Poem Philip Freneau, Poems · 84%
74. A Political Litany Philip Freneau, Poems · 78%
75. The Clover James Whitcomb Riley, Riley Farm-Rhymes · 95%
76. "When the Firmament Quivers with Daylight's Young Beam" William Cullen Bryant, Poems · 86%
77. "I Cannot Forget with What Fervid Devotion" William Cullen Bryant, Poems · 79%
78. What Mr. Robinson Thinks James Russell Lowell, Poems · 87%
79. A Fragment James Russell Lowell, Poems · 84%
80. A Fable for Critics James Russell Lowell, Poems · 81%
81. Grufydd’s Feast Felicia Hemans, Poems · 96%
82. The Hall of Cynddylan Felicia Hemans, Poems · 93%
83. The Hirlas Horn Felicia Hemans, Poems · 92%
84. The Quene of Fame to Occupacioun John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 100%
85. The Maskers’ Song Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 97%
86. Jone o’ Greenfield’s Ramble Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 96%
87. The Baron of Brackley Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Oxford Book of Ballads · 96%
88. A Sussex Whistling Song Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 94%
89. Epigram on Josiah Hort Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 93%
90. Part II Isabella Valancy Crawford, Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie and Other Poems · 92%
91. Sir Arthur and Charming Mollee (Traditional.) Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 92%
92. Lines to a Lady, on Hearing Her Sing "Cushlamachree" Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay and Other Poems · 91%
93. Another Reply, by Sheridan Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 91%
94. Atlamol En Grönlenzku: The Greenland Ballad of Atli Anonymous, The Poetic Edda · 91%
95. The Recorder's Speech Explained by the Tories Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 91%
96. The Song of the Derelict John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · 91%
97. Part IV Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 90%
98. A New Song on Wood's Halfpence Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 90%
99. Part I Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 90%
100. By Dr. Delany Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 90%
101. Poem XVI Hafiz, Poems from the Divan of Hafiz · 90%
102. Modereen Rue; Or, the Little Red Rogue Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 90%
103. Sheridan to Swift Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 89%
104. "Wapping Old Stairs William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 89%
105. Dr. Sheridan's Answer Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 89%
106. Or, the Squire of Tamworth Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 89%
107. Answered by Dr. Swift Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 89%
108. An Epigram Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 88%
109. To Mr. Thomas Sheridan upon His Verses Written in Circles by Dr. Swift Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 88%
110. Part III Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 88%
111. The Three Tailors Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 88%
112. Ornamented with an Engraving of the Dean, by Vertue Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 88%
113. Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator Against Peace. 1711 Jonathan Swift, Poems, Volume II · 88%
114. Part V Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 88%
115. "Power of Music John Davies, The Complete Poems, Volume I · 87%
116. Ballad XVII: The Frolicksome Duke, or the Tinker's Good Fortune Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume I · 87%
117. The Old Man’s Song Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 86%
118. Addressed (During Illness) to a Lady Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · 86%
119. King James I. and the Tinkler (Traditional.) Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 86%
120. Part II Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 86%
121. Dear Jack William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 86%
122. Forest Moods Archibald Lampman, Lyrics of Earth · 85%
123. A Song Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · 85%
124. Song for a Highland Drover Returning from England Robert Bloomfield, Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs · 85%
125. An Epic Poem, in Twenty Books XV William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 84%
126. Cawsand Bay Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Oxford Book of Ballads · 84%
127. Mary Ambree Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Oxford Book of Ballads · 84%
128. The Last Irish Grievance William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 83%
129. Homeward Bound LXXXV Heinrich Heine, Poems and Ballads · 82%
130. The Blind Beggar’s Daughter of Bednall-Green Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Oxford Book of Ballads · 82%
131. The Round-Up Edwin Markham, Lincoln and Other Poems · 81%
132. The Knightly Guerdon William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 81%
133. The Story of Bacchus Edwin Markham, Lincoln and Other Poems · 81%
134. Laura, My Darling Edmund Clarence Stedman, The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman · 81%
135. A Song Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · 80%
136. A Song Robert Bloomfield, Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs · 80%
137. The Pimlico Pavilion William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 80%
138. Water-Party on Beaulieu River, in the New Forest William Lisle Bowles, The Poetical Works, Volume I · 79%
139. The Cane-Bottom'd Chair William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 79%
140. Clare Market Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 78%
141. The Quarter-Gunner's Yarn Henry John Newbolt, Poems: New and Old · 76%
142. Homeward Bound LX Heinrich Heine, Poems and Ballads · 76%
143. The Hermit James Beattie, The Minstrel and Other Poems · 73%
144. Homeward Bound LXXXIV Heinrich Heine, Poems and Ballads · 71%
145. The Plowman Edwin Markham, Lincoln and Other Poems · 70%

The first 145 of 236 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.