Laurel · Poems by form and metre

Heroic couplets

Iambic pentameter rhymed in pairs, AABB, each couplet tending to close its sense: the measure of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Dryden, Pope's Rape of the Lock, Keats's Lamia and Browning's My Last Duchess. Below, every poem or stanza on Laurel whose rhyme scheme and length are exactly this form.

1,989 poems on Laurel

  1. Sonnet CXXVI William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · AABB
  2. Book XI: The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  3. Book XVI: The Sixth Battle, the Acts and Death of Patroclus Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  4. Book XIII: The Arrival of Ulysses in Ithaca Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  5. Book V: The Acts of Diomed Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  6. Book IV: The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  7. Book XVII: The Seventh Battle, for the Body of Patroclus.—The Acts of Menelaus Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  8. Book XXII: The Death of the Suitors Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  9. Book VII: The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  10. Book III: The Duel of Menelaus and Paris Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  11. Book XIII Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  12. Book XXIII: Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  13. Book II: The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  14. Book XIV: Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  15. Book V: The Departure of Ulysses from Calypso Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  16. Book XV: The Fifth Battle at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax Homer, The Iliad · AABB
  17. Book XXI: The Bending of Ulysses’ Bow Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  18. Book XV: The Return of Telemachus Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  19. Book XXIII Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  20. Book XI: The Descent into Hell Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  21. Book II: The Council of Ithaca Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  22. Book XII: The Sirene, Scylla, and Charybdis Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  23. Book XVII Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  24. Book XX Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  25. Book XXIV Homer, The Odyssey · AABB
  26. My lady looks so gentle and so pure Dante Alighieri, The New Life · AABB
  27. Song John Milton, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas · AABB
  28. The Sompnour’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  29. The Prioress’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  30. The Reeve’s Tale: The Tale Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  31. The Cook’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  32. The Squire’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  33. The Reeve’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  34. Chaucer’s Tale of Melibœus: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  35. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  36. The Miller’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  37. The Manciple’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  38. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  39. The Clerk’s Tale: Prologue Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales · AABB
  40. The King of Sweden William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  41. "Pelion and Ossa Flourish Side by Side" William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  42. The Cuckoo and the Nightingale William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  43. Departure from the Vale of Grasmere. August, 1803 William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  44. To Toussaint L'Ouverture William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  45. At Applethwaite, Near Keswick William Wordsworth, The Prelude, and Other Poems · AABB
  46. Lines on the Expected Invasion William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  47. Written in London, September, 1802 William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  48. Calais, August 15, 1802 William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  49. "Great Men Have Been Among Us; Hands That Penned" William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · AABB
  50. From the Same William Wordsworth, The Prelude, and Other Poems · AABB
  51. From the Same. To the Supreme Being William Wordsworth, The Prelude, and Other Poems · AABB
  52. To My Brother George John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  53. Calidore John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  54. To George Felton Mathew John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  55. Book IV John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance · AABB
  56. Lamia, Part II John Keats, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems · AABB
  57. To Charles Cowden Clarke John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  58. Sleep and Poetry John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  59. Lamia, Part I John Keats, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems · AABB
  60. Specimen of an Induction to a Poem John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  61. Book III John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance · AABB
  62. Book II John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance · AABB
  63. Book I John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance · AABB
  64. How many bards gild the lapses of time! John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  65. I stood tip-toe upon a little hill John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  66. O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell John Keats, Poems (1817) · AABB
  67. Epitaph Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  68. Fragment: 'And That I Walk Thus Proudly Crowned' Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  69. Fragment: Rain Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  70. Fragment: To a Friend Released from Prison Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  71. The Waning Moon Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  72. To Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  73. Fragment: 'A Gentle Story of Two Lovers Young' Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  74. Lines to a Reviewer Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  75. Fragments Connected with Epipsychidion Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alastor, and Other Poems · AABB
  76. Fiordispina Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  77. Ginevra Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  78. Letter to Maria Gisborne Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alastor, and Other Poems · AABB
  79. Fragment of a Satire on Satire Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  80. Fragment: The Sepulchre of Memory Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, and Other Poems · AABB
  81. Epipsychidion Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alastor, and Other Poems · AABB
  82. Cancelled Fragments of Julian and Maddalo Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alastor, and Other Poems · AABB
  83. A Sketch Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  84. Address Intended to Be Recited at the Caledonian Meeting Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  85. Address, Spoken at the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre, October 10, 1812 Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  86. By Dr. Plagiary Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  87. From Job I Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  88. From Job II Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  89. Julian Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  90. Lara: Canto I Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  91. Lara: Canto II Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  92. Sun of the Sleepless! Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  93. The Corsair: Canto I Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  94. The Corsair: Canto II Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · AABB
  95. Laughing Song William Blake, Poems of William Blake · AABB
  96. Laughing Song William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · AABB
  97. Forbearance Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  98. Lines Composed 2Ist February 1827 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  99. The Only Sure Friend of Declining Life a Soliloquy Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  100. Constancy to an Ideal Object Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  101. Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  102. Nature's Answer Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  103. Reflection on the Above Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  104. The Garden of Boccaccio Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  105. Epitaph Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  106. Limbo Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  107. The Butterfly Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  108. The Two Round Spaces on the Tombstone Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · AABB
  109. Part I Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, and Other Poems · AABB
  110. Part II Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, and Other Poems · AABB
  111. A Prayer in Spring Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · AABB
  112. The Pasture Robert Frost, North of Boston · AABB
  113. A Brook in the City Robert Frost, New Hampshire · AABB
  114. Into My Own Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · AABB
  115. The Cow in Apple Time Robert Frost, Mountain Interval · AABB
  116. Our Singing Strength Robert Frost, New Hampshire · AABB
  117. The Tuft of Flowers Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · AABB
  118. The Vantage Point Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · AABB
  119. House Fear Robert Frost, Mountain Interval · AABB
  120. The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · AABB
  121. Peter Quince at the Clavier IV Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · AABB
  122. The Emperor of Ice-Cream Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · AABB
  123. Fifine Answers Ezra Pound, Personae · AABB
  124. S. Patric W. B. Yeats, Poems · AABB
  125. The Death of Cuchulain W. B. Yeats, Poems · AABB
  126. All Things Can Tempt Me W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · AABB
  127. Usheen W. B. Yeats, Poems · AABB
  128. Book II W. B. Yeats, Poems · AABB
  129. The Secret Rose W. B. Yeats, The Wind Among the Reeds · AABB
  130. The Sad Shepherd W. B. Yeats, Poems · AABB
  131. Reconciliation W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · AABB
  132. Book I: S. Patric W. B. Yeats, Poems · AABB
  133. From ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ III W. B. Yeats, The Tower · AABB
  134. From ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ IV W. B. Yeats, The Tower · AABB
  135. Sonnet (“Blow ye the trumpet, gather from afar”) Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · AABB
  136. My Last Duchess Robert Browning, Dramatic Lyrics · AABB
  137. My Last Duchess Robert Browning, Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning · AABB
  138. New Year's Day at Asolo in the Trevisan Robert Browning, Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning · AABB
  139. The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning, Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning · AABB
  140. Book IX Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  141. Book VII Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  142. Book VI Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  143. Book XI Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  144. Book IV Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  145. Book V Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  146. Book X Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  147. Book II Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  148. Book VIII Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  149. Book XII Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  150. Book I Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  151. Book III Virgil, The Aeneid · AABB
  152. Carmen XLIII: To Mamurra's Mistress Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  153. Carmen XXV: Address to Thallus the Napery-Thief Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  154. Carmen XXI: To Aurelius the Skinflint Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  155. Carmen XXXIII: On the Vibenii—Bath-Thieves Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  156. Carmen XIII: Fabullus Is Invited to a Poet's Supper Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  157. Carmen LVII: On Mamurra and Julius Caesar Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  158. Carmen XXXVII: To the Frequenters of a Low Tavern Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  159. Carmen XLV: On Acme and Septumius Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  160. Carmen L: To His Friend Licinius Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  161. Carmen XVIII: To Priapus, the Garden-God Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  162. Carmen V: To Lesbia, (Of Lesbos—Clodia?) Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  163. Carmen I: Dedication to Cornelius Nepos Catullus, The Carmina · AABB
  164. Book III: Ode XXX: Exegi Monumentum Horace, The Odes and Carmen Saeculare · AABB
  165. Book I: Ode III: Sic Te Diva Horace, The Odes and Carmen Saeculare · AABB
  166. Lines Sent to Sir John Whiteford, Bart Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  167. Meg o’ the Mill—Another Version Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  168. Sweet Tibbie Dunbar Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  169. The Henpecked Husband Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  170. Verses Written with a Pencil Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  171. Epistle from Esopus to Maria Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  172. Written with a Pencil on the Spot Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  173. A Poem in Embryo Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  174. Scots’ Prologue for Mr. Sutherland Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  175. Second Epistle to Robert Graham, ESQ., of Fintry Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  176. Addressed to Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  177. Inscribed to John Ballantine, Esq., Ayr Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · AABB
  178. Loves Alchymie John Donne, Poems · AABB
  179. Raysing of the Bridegroome John Donne, Poems · AABB
  180. The Computation John Donne, Poems · AABB
  181. Going to the Chappell John Donne, Poems · AABB
  182. His Picture John Donne, Poems · AABB
  183. The Comparison John Donne, Poems · AABB
  184. The First Spring Day Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · AABB
  185. Come unto Me Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · AABB
  186. The Poor Ghost Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · AABB
  187. Old and New Year Ditties Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · AABB
  188. A Portrait I Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · AABB
  189. A Winter's Day Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  190. Love and Grief Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  191. Love's Chastening Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  192. The Path Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  193. To My Friend Charles Booth Nettleton I Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  194. To Her Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  195. A Roadway Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  196. Lincoln Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  197. A Summer's Night Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  198. Fulfilment Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · AABB
  199. The Answer Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · AABB
  200. The Ballad of the King's Jest Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · AABB
  201. Chapter Headings: Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books · AABB
  202. Harp Song of the Dane Women Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books · AABB
  203. Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books · AABB
  204. The Return of Imray Rudyard Kipling, Songs from Books · AABB
  205. Heiress and Architect for A. W. B Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · AABB
  206. A Christmas Ghost-Story Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · AABB
  207. De Profundis II Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · AABB
  208. Lines Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · AABB
  209. In a Waiting-Room Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses · AABB
  210. On the Death-Bed Thomas Hardy, Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries · AABB
  211. Rome Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · AABB
  212. The Coronation Thomas Hardy, Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries · AABB
  213. The Dead and the Living One Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses · AABB
  214. The Nettles Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses · AABB
  215. The Shadow on the Stone Thomas Hardy, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses · AABB
  216. The Sweet Hussy Thomas Hardy, Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries · AABB
  217. Under the Waterfall Thomas Hardy, Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries · AABB
  218. Canzone Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  219. A Quiet Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  220. The Falcon of Ser Federigo Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  221. Emma and Eginhard Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  222. Delia Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  223. Morituri Salutamus Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  224. King Robert of Sicily Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  225. The Bell of Atri Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  226. Death of Archbishop Turpin Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  227. Poem II Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  228. Thora of Rimol Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  229. Lady Wentworth Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · AABB
  230. Prologue Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus: A Mystery · AABB
  231. Prologue Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus: A Mystery · AABB
  232. Acquiescence Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · AABB
  233. The Yarn of the ‘Loch Achray’ John Masefield, Salt-Water Ballads · AABB
  234. The Golden City of St. Mary John Masefield, Salt-Water Ballads · AABB
  235. Biography John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · AABB
  236. Ships John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · AABB
  237. The Seekers John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · AABB
  238. Thou Shalt Not Kill G. K. Chesterton, The Wild Knight and Other Poems · AABB
  239. The Old Soldier Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · AABB
  240. The Ride-By-Nights Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · AABB
  241. The Shade Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · AABB
  242. Stanzer Thal, Tyrol George Meredith, Modern Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  243. Canto III Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  244. Canto I Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  245. Canto IV Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  246. Canto V Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  247. Canto II Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  248. An Essay on Criticism Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  249. Epistle I Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  250. In Westminster Abbey, 1732 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  251. The Descent of Dullness Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  252. Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · AABB
  253. Mother Hubberds Tale Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · AABB
  254. The Suicide Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · AABB
  255. Sonnet IV Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · AABB
  256. Reapers Jean Toomer, Cane · AABB
  257. November Cotton Flower Jean Toomer, Cane · AABB
  258. Brown Boy to Brown Girl Countee Cullen, Color · AABB
  259. The Shroud of Color Countee Cullen, Color · AABB
  260. The City’s Love Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · AABB
  261. Home Thoughts Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · AABB
  262. Romance Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · AABB
  263. To a Stray Fowl Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · AABB
  264. Nature’s Child Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · AABB
  265. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh · AABB
  266. In English Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  267. Ode I Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  268. To a Lady with Child That Ask'd an Old Shirt Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  269. Sanazar's Hexastick Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  270. The Lady A. L. My Asylum in a Great Extremity Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  271. Upon the Three Daughters of My Dear Brother Mr. R. Caesar Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  272. To the Memory of My Worthy Friend Coll. Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  273. An Elegie Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  274. To My Dear Friend Mr. E[Ldred] R on His Poems Moral and Divine Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  275. Advice to My Best Brother, Coll: Francis Lovelace Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  276. Being at Berisford, at His House in Staffordshire. From London: A Poem Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  277. Being Treated. To Ellinda Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · AABB
  278. To the Qveen's Maiesty Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  279. The First Elegie Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  280. On a Foule Morning, Being Then to Take a Journey Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  281. The Second Elegie Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  282. The Third Elegie Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  283. Vpon the Death of Mr. Herrys Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  284. To the Morning: Satisfaction for Sleepe Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  285. As Hauing Been Writt When the Author Was Yet Among the Protestants Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  286. The Beginning of Heliodorus Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  287. Vpon Bishop Andrews' Picture Before His Sermons Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  288. Upon Five Piovs and Learned Discourses Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  289. Vpon the Birth of the Princesse Elizabeth Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · AABB
  290. Bliss II Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  291. Nature Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  292. Thoughts.—Iv Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  293. Goodness Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  294. Dumbness Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  295. Silence Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  296. Poems Extracted from Traherne's "Christian Ethicks" Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  297. Thoughts.—Iii Thomas Traherne, The Salutation, and Other Poems · AABB
  298. Hassan; Or, the Camel Driver William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  299. Agib and Secander; Or, the Fugitives William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  300. Addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer, on His Edition of Shakespeare's Works William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  301. Selim; Or, the Shepherd's Moral William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  302. Abra; Or, the Georgian Sultana William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  303. Addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer, on His Edition of Shakespeare's Works (Variations) William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  304. On Our Late Taste in Music William Collins, Ode to Evening, and Other Poems · AABB
  305. Ianthe! you are call'd to cross the sea Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations and Poems · AABB
  306. Leaf after leaf drops off, flower after flower Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations and Poems · AABB
  307. 10. To Silvia to Wed Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  308. 103. To God Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  309. 1079. Upon Grubs Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  310. 1088. On Himself Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  311. 1095. His Last Request to Julia Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  312. 1120. To Cupid Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  313. 129. Upon Glasco. Epig Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  314. 131. The Custard Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  315. 150. Tears Are Tongues Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  316. 156. To Julia Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  317. 17. To God: An Anthem Sung in the Chapel at Whitehall Before the King Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  318. 173. To the Detractor Robert Herrick, Hesperides · AABB
  319. Second Sestiad Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander · AABB
  320. First Sestiad Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander · AABB
  321. Sonnet 39 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  322. Sonnet 15 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  323. Sonnet 97 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  324. Sonnet 62 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  325. Sonnet 99 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  326. Sonnet 105 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  327. Sonnet 88 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  328. Sonnet 79 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  329. Sonnet 57 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · AABB
  330. Elegies Vpon Svndry Occasions Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · AABB
  331. Treasurer for the English Colony in Virginia Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · AABB
  332. Elegies upon Sundry Occasions (second elegy) Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · AABB
  333. Of the Worke and Translation Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · AABB
  334. Songs from the 'Shepherd's Garland' Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · AABB
  335. Amour 14 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · AABB
  336. The Effect Siegfried Sassoon, Counter-Attack and Other Poems · AABB
  337. Night on the Convoy (Alexandria-Marseilles) Siegfried Sassoon, The War Poems · AABB
  338. Trench Duty Siegfried Sassoon, Counter-Attack and Other Poems · AABB
  339. Trench Duty Siegfried Sassoon, The War Poems · AABB
  340. In an Underground Dressing-Station Siegfried Sassoon, The War Poems · AABB
  341. The Last Post Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · AABB
  342. Not Dead Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · AABB
  343. Escape Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · AABB
  344. Mary and Gabriel Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · AABB
  345. The Great Lover Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · AABB
  346. Satire IX: Juvenal, Nævolus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  347. Satire V: To Trebius Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  348. Satire XIV: To Fuscinus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  349. Satire IV Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  350. Satire VIII: To Ponticus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  351. Satire I Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  352. Satire XII: To Corvinus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  353. Satire X Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  354. Satire VI: To Ursidius Posthumus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  355. Satire XI: To Persicus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  356. Satire XV: To Volusius Bithynicus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  357. Satire VII: To Telesinus Juvenal, The Satires · AABB
  358. The Works and Days: Days Hesiod, The Works and Days, the Theogony and the Shield of Hercules · AABB
  359. The Works and Days: Works Hesiod, The Works and Days, the Theogony and the Shield of Hercules · AABB
  360. Book II Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  361. Book I Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  362. Book III Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  363. Book IV: State of Portugal on the Death of Dom Fernando Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  364. Book IX Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  365. Book X Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  366. Book VI Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  367. Book V Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  368. Book VIII Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  369. Book VII Luís de Camões, The Lusiad · AABB
  370. Laus Deo Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  371. Indolence Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  372. The Isle of Achilles (From the Greek) Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  373. The Summer-House on the Mound Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  374. An Elegy Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  375. November Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  376. Ode Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  377. August Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  378. January Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  379. September Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  380. The Downs Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  381. July Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love, and Other Poems · AABB
  382. On the Birth of a Friend's Child Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · AABB
  383. Dregs Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · AABB
  384. Pierrot Withdraw Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · AABB
  385. The Scene Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · AABB
  386. The Lady Love! Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · AABB
  387. Colloque Sentimental Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · AABB
  388. Epilogue Francis Thompson, Poems (1893) · AABB
  389. Her Portrait Francis Thompson, Poems (1893) · AABB
  390. To My Godchild Francis M. W. M Francis Thompson, Poems (1893) · AABB
  391. The Reapers William Morris, The Defence of Guenevere · AABB
  392. The Eve of Crecy William Morris, The Defence of Guenevere · AABB
  393. The Waggon A-Stooded William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  394. To Me William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  395. Two an' Two William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  396. Eclogue: The Veairies William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  397. Readen Ov a Head-Stwone William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  398. The Heare William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  399. Dick William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB
  400. Eclogue: The 'Lotments William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · AABB

The first 400 of 1,989 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.