English sonnets (the Shakespearean sonnet)

Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter rhyming ABAB CDCD EFEF GG: three quatrains and a closing couplet. Shakespeare's form, and Surrey's before him. Below, every poem or stanza on Laurel whose rhyme scheme and length are exactly this form.

403 poems on Laurel

1. Sonnet CXLI William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
2. Sonnet CXLIX William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
3. Sonnet CXLVIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
4. Sonnet CXXXVI William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
5. Sonnet CXXXVII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
6. Sonnet LXXIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
7. Sonnet LXXXVII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
8. Sonnet XC William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
9. Sonnet XCII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
10. Sonnet XCVIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
11. Sonnet XLIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
12. Sonnet XLVII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
13. Or the Poet in the Clouds Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
14. My Days Isaac Rosenberg, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
15. The Spirit of Shakespeare George Meredith, Modern Love, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
16. G. W. Senior, to the Author Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
17. Late Deceased Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
18. L’Envoy Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
19. Ruines of Rome Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
20. The Visions of Petrarch: Formerly Translated Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
21. Visions, Of, the Worlds Vanitie Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
22. VI Bluebeard Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
23. Bluebeard Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
24. Sonnet V Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
25. My Mother II Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
26. The Tired Worker Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
27. Wild May Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
28. Futility Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
29. On the Road Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
30. The Harlem Dancer Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
31. On a Primitive Canoe Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
32. The Night Fire Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
33. I Shall Return Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
34. Africa Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
35. If We Must Die Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
36. America Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
37. The Third Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
38. Sonnet Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
39. To His Absent Diana Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
40. Sonnets from the Manuscript Edition, Not Found in That of 1594 Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
41. The Eighth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
42. The Fourth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
43. The Sixth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
44. The First Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
45. The Fifth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
46. The Second Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
47. Countess of Pembroke Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
48. To the Lady Rich Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
49. Amour 11 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
50. Amour 23 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
51. Amour 35 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
52. Amour 44 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
53. Amour 45 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
54. Sonnet 27 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
55. Sonnet 50 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
56. Sonnet 51 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
57. Sonnet 52 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
58. Sonnet 58 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
59. Sonnet 6 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
60. Sonnet 63: To the High and Mighty Prince, James, King of Scots Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
61. Love Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
62. The Busy Heart Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
63. Winter John Clare, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
64. Sonnet XIII Alan Seeger, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
65. Martha Washington Sidney Lanier, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
66. In Absence Sidney Lanier, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
67. Sonnet: Written at the Age of Thirteen Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
68. Francisco Manuel: On Ascending a Hill Leading to a Convent Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
69. Sonnet: Written at the Age of Thirteen Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
70. El Conde Juan De Tarsis Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
71. Evening Amongst the Alps Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
72. On Receiving a Gift Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
73. Written in Keats' "Endymion" Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
74. By T. Park Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
75. On Entering Switzerland William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
76. Poems Sir Richard Fanshawe · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
77. Sonnet Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
78. Sonnet Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
79. Subject Continued Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
80. To May, in the Year 1783 Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
81. Written in the Spring 1785 on the Death of the Poet Laureat Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
82. At Dover, 1786 William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
83. Dover Cliffs William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
84. From the Italian of Filacaja Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
85. Sonnet Lxxxvii Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
86. At Malvern William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
87. December 1790 Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
88. Then and Now John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
89. Translation Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
90. In Age William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
91. Distant View of England from the Sea William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
92. The Bells, Ostend William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
93. Approach of Summer William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
94. Equality John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
95. On Reading a Description of Pope's Gardens at Twickenham Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
96. Petrarch to Vaucluse Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
97. Supposed to Have Been Addressed by a Female Lunatic to a Lady Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
98. Written in the Rainy Summer of 1789 Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
99. Written on Rising Ground Near Lichfield Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
100. Invitation to a Friend Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
101. The Rhine William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
102. Written Many Years After the Foregoing Sonnets William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
103. Associations William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
104. Retrospection William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
105. Visions Nicholas Breton, Pastoral Poems and Selected Poetry · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
106. Translated from the French of M. Desbarreaux Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
107. The Empty Nest William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
108. Unsolved John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
109. 'Retro Me, Sathana!' Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
110. A Dedication (To E. G.) I John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
111. A Dedication (To E. G.) II John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
112. Her Gifts Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
113. Immortality I John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
114. Known in Vain Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
115. Sonnet II Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
116. Sonnet III Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
117. Sonnet IV Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
118. Sonnet IX Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
119. Sonnet V Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
120. Sonnet VI Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
121. Sonnet VII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
122. Sonnet VIII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
123. Sonnet X Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
124. Sonnet XI Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
125. Sonnet XII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
126. Sonnet XIII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
127. The Husbandmen Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · ABABCDCDEFEFGG
128. To the Lovers That Come After Us John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · ABABCDCDEFEFGG

The first 128 of 403 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.