Iambic dimeter

Two iambs to the line. A very short line, used in songs and for effect. Below, what the metre is and how to recognise it, then every poem on Laurel measured as iambic dimeter, with how closely each keeps it.

163 poems on Laurel in iambic dimeter

1. The Fly William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 100%
2. The Fly William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 100%
3. Songs of Experience William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 94%
4. Eldorado Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Poetical Works · 97%
5. A Word Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
6. Prayer Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
7. In Vain Emily Dickinson, Poems · 98%
8. Proof Emily Dickinson, Poems · 97%
9. The Wind Emily Dickinson, Poems · 97%
10. The Show Emily Dickinson, Poems · 96%
11. Shipwreck Emily Dickinson, Poems · 92%
12. The Rat Emily Dickinson, Poems · 91%
13. A sickness of this world it most occasions Emily Dickinson, Poems
14. A toad can die of light Emily Dickinson, Poems
15. I gained it so Emily Dickinson, Poems
16. Dust of Snow Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 100%
17. I Will Sing You One-O Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 98%
18. The Impulse Robert Frost, Mountain Interval · 96%
19. Poem Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
20. Sea Calm Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
21. Sick Room Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
22. To a Black Dancer in “The Little Savoy” Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
23. Young Sailor Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 98%
24. Harlem Night Club Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 98%
25. Disillusion Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 97%
26. Epilogue Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 94%
27. To the Black Beloved Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 90%
28. Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 99%
29. Ploughing on Sunday Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 93%
30. Chickory and Daisies I William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 100%
31. Love Song William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 100%
32. Winter Sunset William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 100%
33. Portrait of a Woman in Bed William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 98%
34. Spouts William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 98%
35. Hero William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 98%
36. The Great Figure William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 95%
37. Blueflags William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 94%
38. To a Solitary Disciple William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 93%
39. The Witch W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 100%
40. A Faery Song W. B. Yeats, Poems · 97%
41. Consider Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 100%
42. Confessional Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
43. On the River Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
44. Vagrants Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
45. Love's Apotheosis Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 99%
46. The Sand-Man Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 98%
47. Why Fades a Dream? Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 98%
48. Christmas Carol Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 97%
49. To a Lady Playing the Harp Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 97%
50. To Lizbie Browne Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 100%
51. A Spot Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 96%
52. Beware! (Hut Du Dich!) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 100%
53. By Cristobal De Gastillojo Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 100%
54. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe II Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 100%
55. Poor Henry Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 100%
56. All but Blind Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 98%
57. Jim Jay Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 98%
58. Winter Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 98%
59. Never More, Sailor Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 96%
60. Off the Ground Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 95%
61. Alas, Alack! Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 94%
62. The Huntsmen Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 93%
63. The Lost Shoe Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 92%
64. The Head of Bran the Blest II George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 91%
65. Ode on Solitude Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock · 98%
66. Margaret’s Room Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part One · 99%
67. Afternoon on a Hill Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · 97%
68. Suicide Chant Countee Cullen, Color · 99%
69. To You Who Read My Book Countee Cullen, Color · 98%
70. Acknowledgments Countee Cullen, Color · 85%
71. A Winter Scene Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 99%
72. The Funeral Bell Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 95%
73. Orpheus to Beasts I Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · 100%
74. Mary Seeking Jesus When Lost Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · 100%
75. The Antiphona Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · 100%
76. The Antiphona Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · 94%
77. The Rapture Thomas Traherne, Poetical Works · 91%
78. 1024. Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
79. 106. On Heaven Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
80. 214. To the Lark Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
81. 427. A Hymn to Sir Clipseby Crew Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
82. 458. Upon Love Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
83. 538. To Dianeme Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
84. 56. To His Angry God Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
85. 591. The Headache Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
86. 596. Upon the Troublesome Times Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
87. 609. Of Love Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
88. 770. His Wish to Privacy Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
89. 833. To Oenone Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
90. An Amovret Anacreontick Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 100%
91. To His Rivall Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 100%
92. Jonah Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · 94%
93. Free Verse Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · 91%
94. Mystery D. H. Lawrence, Amores · 94%
95. The Dead Child Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 98%
96. Beata Solitudo Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 97%
97. Sliden William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
98. Section Two Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 95%
99. The Spice-tree Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 94%
100. In a Hospital IV Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 100%
101. The Mystery Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 97%
102. Sunset on the Spire Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 100%
103. Incantation Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 99%
104. Exspecto Resurrectionem Charlotte Mew, The Farmer's Bride · 100%
105. But for the Grace of God Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Town Down the River · 97%
106. Garden II H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
107. Sea Lily H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
108. Storm H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
109. Poppy Seed Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 92%
110. September Dark James Whitcomb Riley, Riley Farm-Rhymes · 100%
111. By a Sensitive Man Oliver Wendell Holmes, Poetical Works, Volume I · 98%
112. The Word of an Engineer James Weldon Johnson, Fifty Years and Other Poems · 99%
113. A Sower Henry John Newbolt, Poems: New and Old · 100%
114. Lautre Enuoy John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 100%
115. Skelton Laureate, Orato. Reg. Maketh This Aunswere, &C John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 100%
116. To — (With a Volume of Epigrams) William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · 100%
117. The Crystal Palace William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 99%
118. Old Friends with New Faces William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 99%
119. The God of the Wood Bliss Carman, Later Poems · 99%
120. Horace I, 18 Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 98%
121. Lenuoy John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 98%
122. Wayfarer of Earth Charles G. D. Roberts, New Poems · 98%
123. To the King.—1728 Edward Young, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 98%
124. Psalm XCVIII Edward Young, The Poetical Works, Volume II · 98%
125. From John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 97%
126. Song Thomas Stanley, Original Lyrics · 97%
127. By the Hearth-Stone Henry John Newbolt, Poems: New and Old · 97%
128. T`ung Han-ching the Celestial Weaver Various, A Lute of Jade · 96%
129. The Ghosts of the Trees Isabella Valancy Crawford, Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie and Other Poems · 96%
130. The Feast of Age George William Russell, The Divine Vision and Other Poems · 95%
131. Horace Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 94%
132. Charm Against Enemies Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 94%
133. LI Hua an Old Battle-field Various, A Lute of Jade · 93%
134. To London, My Hostess William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · 91%
135. Chapter IV: Inviting Guests Various, A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems · 89%

The first 135 of 163 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.