Anapaestic trimeter

Three anapaests to the line, two light syllables then a stress; the measure of many songs and of Cowper's Alexander Selkirk. Below, what the metre is and how to recognise it, then every poem on Laurel measured as anapaestic trimeter, with how closely each keeps it.

218 poems on Laurel in anapaestic trimeter

1. Lines Written During the Castlereagh Administration Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 91%
2. The Garden of Love William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 95%
3. The Garden of Love William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 91%
4. The Shepherd William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 90%
5. The Shepherd William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 90%
6. Ah Sunflower William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 84%
7. Ah, Sunflower William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 84%
8. Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Poetical Works · 91%
9. Ulalume Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Poetical Works · 86%
10. The College Colonel Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War · 83%
11. Reluctance Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · 90%
12. The Study in Aesthetics Ezra Pound, Lustra · 91%
13. Four Poems of Departure Ezra Pound, Cathay · 88%
14. Four Poems of Departure Ezra Pound, Lustra · 88%
15. After Ch’u Yuan Ezra Pound, Lustra · 82%
16. A Poet to His Beloved W. B. Yeats, The Wind Among the Reeds · 76%
17. Maud XXII Alfred Tennyson, Poems · 89%
18. Instans Tyrannus Robert Browning, Dramatic Lyrics · 98%
19. The Glove Robert Browning, Dramatic Lyrics · 86%
20. Saw Ye My Dear, My Philly Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 98%
21. Here’s a Health to Them That’s Awa Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 95%
22. Ballad Second—Election Day Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 90%
23. Phillis the Queen o’ the Fair Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 89%
24. A Health to Ane I Loe Dear Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 85%
25. Extempore Epistle to Gavin Hamilton, Esq Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 82%
26. Changing Time Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 96%
27. The Phantom Kiss Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 91%
28. The Mystic Sea Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 89%
29. The Widow at Windsor Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · 88%
30. The Widow at Windsor Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-Room Ballads · 85%
31. The Lost Legion Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · 80%
32. The Iron Pen Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 93%
33. Jugurtha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 90%
34. A Little Bird in the Air Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 86%
35. A Wraith in the Mist Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 85%
36. Sandalphon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 76%
37. The Future Matthew Arnold, Poems · 93%
38. The Youth of Nature Matthew Arnold, Poems · 92%
39. The Truants Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 78%
40. Does It Matter? Siegfried Sassoon, Counter-Attack and Other Poems · 89%
41. Does It Matter? Siegfried Sassoon, The War Poems · 89%
42. There was a Young Lady of Troy Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
43. There was a Young Lady whose chin Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
44. There was a Young Person of Crete Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
45. There was an Old Man of Coblenz Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
46. There was an Old Man of Corfu Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
47. There was an Old Man of Madras Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
48. There was an Old Man of Peru Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
49. There was an Old Man of Quebec,-- Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
50. There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
51. There was an Old Man of the East Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
52. There was an Old Man of the West Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
53. There was an Old Man of the West Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense · 100%
54. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs · 95%
55. Alice Eulalie Coraline, Euphrosine Colombina Thérèse, Juliette Stephanie Celestine, Charlotte Russe De La Sauce Mayonnaise W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 83%
56. Sir Guy the Crusader W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 82%
57. The Force of Argument W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 81%
58. King Borria Bungalee Boo W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 80%
59. A Reiver's Neck-Verse Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads · 81%
60. Fatherhood William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 99%
61. Gruffmoody Grim William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 99%
62. The Bachelor William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 99%
63. Gammony Ga William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 96%
64. Childhood William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 96%
65. Joy Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 100%
66. To My Mother W. E. Henley, Poems · 92%
67. To R. A. M. S W. E. Henley, Poems · 84%
68. After Hearing a Waltz by Bartók Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 90%
69. To a Pine-Tree James Russell Lowell, Poems · 78%
70. Little Boy at the Nore Loquitor Thomas Hood, Poems · 95%
71. Dog-Grel Verses, by a Poor Blind Thomas Hood, Poems · 94%
72. A Happy New Year! Thomas Hood, Poems · 94%
73. The Angler’s Farewell Thomas Hood, Poems · 92%
74. Shooting Pains Thomas Hood, Poems · 91%
75. For the Use of Children Thomas Hood, Poems · 91%
76. The Spell of the Yukon Robert W. Service, Songs of a Sourdough · 86%
77. The Fyrst Foole John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 100%
78. Song of the Fay Edwin Markham, Lincoln and Other Poems · 98%
79. "My Ain Bonnie Lass o' the Glen" Isabella Valancy Crawford, Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie and Other Poems · 96%
80. Reconciliation George William Russell, The Divine Vision and Other Poems · 96%
81. Larry O'Toole William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 95%
82. Ringleted Youth of My Love Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 94%
83. The Red Man's Wife Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 94%
84. To Mary William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 94%
85. Stanzas for Music (From an Unfinished Drama.) Edmund Clarence Stedman, The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman · 91%
86. The Plain-Dealing Man Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 89%
87. Part II William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 88%
88. The Grave and the Rose Louise Imogen Guiney, Songs at the Start · 87%
89. Arthur O’Bradley’s Wedding Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 86%
90. Homeward Bound LXIII Heinrich Heine, Poems and Ballads · 86%
91. The Sun Cup Archibald Lampman, Lyrics of Earth · 85%
92. Winter Song Robert Bloomfield, Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs · 84%
93. L’Etiquette Louise Imogen Guiney, Songs at the Start · 84%
94. Song William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · 83%
95. Cloud-Break Archibald Lampman, Lyrics of Earth · 83%
96. Part I William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 83%
97. The Builders Edwin Markham, Lincoln and Other Poems · 82%
98. The Almack's Adieu William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 82%
99. Ad Ministram William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 79%
100. Set Free Various, A Lute of Jade · 77%
101. Impressions of a Traveller Various, A Lute of Jade · 75%
102. Why Should We Quarrel for Riches Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 71%

The first 102 of 218 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.