Iambic trimeter

Three iambs to the line, six syllables. Rarely used alone; it alternates with tetrameter in common measure and carries many songs. Below, what the metre is and how to recognise it, then every poem on Laurel measured as iambic trimeter, with how closely each keeps it.

What iambic trimeter is

Three beats to the line, light then heavy: da-DUM three times, six syllables. It rarely stands alone; it is the short line of the ballad and the hymn, answering a longer one.

da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM

he KIND-ly STOPPED for ME
Dickinson, Because I could not stop for Death; the beats in capitals

How to tell

Six syllables, three beats. If the poem alternates these with eight-syllable lines it is common measure, and that is the better name for it.

Paste a poem of your own and Laurel will say whether it is in iambic trimeter, stanza by stanza. How to scan a line.

746 poems on Laurel in iambic trimeter

Piers Ploughman William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman · 98%
Passus Undecimus William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman · 97%
A Dirge Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 100%
Mutability Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 100%
Antistrophe 2A Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 99%
Antistrophe 2B Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 98%
Strophe 2 Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 97%
A Lament Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 95%
Lines Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 94%
To Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 93%
A New National Anthem Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 93%
Arethusa Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 93%
The Fugitives Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II · 90%
Infant Joy William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 100%
Infant Joy William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 100%
The Sick Rose William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 100%
The Sick Rose William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 100%
The Little Girl Found William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 99%
The Little Girl Found William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 98%
Night William Blake, Poems of William Blake · 91%
Night William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience · 91%
Ne Plus Ultra Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · 89%
Alpine Glow Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
Apocalypse Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
The Book of Martyrs Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
The Oriole's Secret Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
The Past Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
The Tulip Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
To March Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
With Flowers Emily Dickinson, Poems · 100%
Summer's Obsequies Emily Dickinson, Poems · 98%
The Bluebird Emily Dickinson, Poems · 98%
Immortality Emily Dickinson, Poems · 98%
Transplanted Emily Dickinson, Poems · 97%
Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 100%
To Earthward Robert Frost, New Hampshire · 99%
The Sound of the Trees Robert Frost, Mountain Interval · 96%
Wind and Window Flower Robert Frost, A Boy's Will · 95%
Lenox Avenue: Midnight Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
Poem Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
Young Singer Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 100%
♦Dream Variations Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 99%
Songs to the Dark Virgin Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 98%
Mother to Son Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 98%
A Black Pierrot Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 97%
Poème D’Automne Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 97%
The South Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 95%
Lament for Dark Peoples Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 93%
Mexican Market Woman Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 93%
The Dream Keeper Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues · 90%
Domination of Black Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 97%
Valley Candle Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 96%
Gubbinal Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 94%
The Jack-Rabbit Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 93%
The Weeping Burgher Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 92%
Infanta Marina Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 92%
Exposition of the Contents of a Cab Wallace Stevens, Harmonium · 88%
Metric Figure William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 100%
Mujer William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 100%
The Birds William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 100%
Tulip Bed William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 99%
The Desolate Field William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 98%
Appeal William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 98%
The Lonely Street William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 96%
To a Friend Concerning Several Ladies William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 95%
Invitation William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 95%
Canthara William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 94%
Youth and Beauty William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 93%
Complaint William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 93%
Keller Gegen Dom William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 92%
Spring Storm William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 92%
Pastoral William Carlos Williams, Al Que Quiere! · 92%
Waiting William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 91%
Winter Trees William Carlos Williams, Sour Grapes · 88%
April Ezra Pound, Lustra · 100%
Image from D’Orleans Ezra Pound, Lustra · 100%
Poem II Ezra Pound, Lustra · 91%
The Coming of War: Actaeon Ezra Pound, Lustra · 89%
The Spring Ezra Pound, Lustra · 89%
To a Child Dancing in the Wind I W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 100%
A Woman Homer Sung W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 98%
Friends W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 95%
That the Night Come W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 95%
To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 95%
The Well and the Tree W. B. Yeats, Responsibilities · 94%
Hero to Leander Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · 100%
The Burial of Love Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · 95%
All Things Will Die Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · 95%
Claribel Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · 94%
Mesmerism Robert Browning, Dramatic Lyrics · 95%
Book III: Ode VII: Quid Fles, Asterie Horace, The Odes and Carmen Saeculare · 95%
Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 100%
News, Lassies, News Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 100%
The Winter of Life Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 100%
To the Weavers Gin Ye Go Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 99%
The Weary Pund o’ Tow Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 99%
Thomson’s Edward and Eleanora Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 98%
Phillis the Fair Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
January Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
To Ruin Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
One Night as I Did Wander Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
Charlie, He’s My Darling Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 96%
Despondency: An Ode Robert Burns, Poems and Songs · 95%
My Friend Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 100%
Cousin Kate Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 99%
Wife to Husband Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 99%
A Summer Wish Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 98%
Dream Land Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 98%
Dream-Love Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 98%
Twice Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 98%
Spring Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 98%
Paradise: In a Symbol Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 97%
Heart's Chill Between Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 97%
Conference Between Christ, the Saints, and the Soul Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 97%
Sleep at Sea Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems · 96%
A Song Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
Ballad Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
The Masters Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
Worn Out Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 100%
The Tryst Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 99%
After Reading "Lead, Kindly Light" Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 99%
The Rising of the Storm Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 99%
The Lapse Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 98%
Premonition Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 98%
The Meadow Lark Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 98%
On the Sea Wall Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 97%
A Prayer Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · 94%
To the City of Bombay Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · 93%
The Derelict Rudyard Kipling, Verses 1889–1896 · 90%
After Schiller Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 100%
Amabel Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 100%
De Profundis I Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 99%
“I Have Lived with Shades” Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 98%
“I Need Not Go” Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 97%
At an Inn Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 97%
“Between Us Now” Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 96%
The Ivy-Wife Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 96%
A Commonplace Day Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 96%
Unknowing Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 96%
By the Earth’s Corpse Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 95%
A Meeting with Despair Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 93%
Middle-Age Enthusiasms to M. H Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 93%
The To-Be-Forgotten Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 93%
Doom and She Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 93%
The Last Chrysanthemum Thomas Hardy, Poems of the Past and the Present · 93%
Nature’s Questioning Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 92%
In a Wood See “The Woodlanders” Thomas Hardy, Wessex Poems and Other Verses · 87%
Serenade Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 100%
The Grave Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 99%
Beowulf's Expedition to Heort Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 96%
From the Anglo-Saxon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 96%
Tegnér's Drapa Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 96%
May 23, 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 95%
The Skeleton in Armor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 95%
Decoration Day Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 94%
Afternoon in February Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 94%
L' Envoi Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 94%
October, 1746 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 93%
Belisarius Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poetical Works · 92%
West Country Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 100%
The Signaller’s Vision Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 98%
June—To—Come Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 97%
Hail and Farewell Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 97%
Time and the Soldier Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 97%
Purple and Black Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 95%
Song Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 95%
Influences Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 95%
Communion Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 92%
Trees Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 92%
The Fire Kindled Ivor Gurney, Severn and Somme · 90%
To Willie and Henrietta Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses · 97%
Nest Eggs Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses · 85%
Old Ben Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 100%
Poor 'Miss 7' Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 100%
The Barber's Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 100%
Tillie Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 100%
Be Angry Now No More Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 98%
The Bandog Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 98%
The Bindweed Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 97%
Old Shellover Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 97%
The Bees' Song Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 96%
The Horseman Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 96%
The Song of the Mad Prince Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 96%
Home Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 96%
Berries Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 95%
The Song of the Secret Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 95%
Music Unheard Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 95%
The Dark Chateau Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 95%
Chicken Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 94%
The Dunce Walter de la Mare, Peacock Pie · 94%
'The Hawthorn Hath a Deathly Smell' Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 94%
Silence Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 94%
When the Rose Is Faded Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 94%
Spring Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 92%
Alone Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 92%
Estranged Walter de la Mare, The Listeners and Other Poems · 92%
Life Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell · 93%
The Head of Bran the Blest I George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 100%
The Patriot Engineer George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 94%
Song George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 94%
Sunrise George Meredith, Poems, Volume I · 91%
Donjon Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part One · 98%
Blight Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · 95%
Kin to Sorrow Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · 94%
Hughley Steeple A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad · 98%
Bredon Hill A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad · 97%
The Lent Lily A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad · 96%
The Merry Guide A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad · 93%
To My Brother Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 98%
Free Love Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 96%
To the Maiden in the East Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 95%
Friendship Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 94%
Pilgrims Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 94%
Conscience Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 91%
Lines Henry David Thoreau, Poems of Nature · 89%
Book XI Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer · 97%
Book VIII Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer · 96%
Book I Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer · 96%
Lineally Translated Out of the French Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · 100%
N' Entendez Vous Pas Ce Language Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · 96%
A Mock Song I Richard Lovelace, Lucasta · 94%
The Antiphona Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · 97%
The Antiphona Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · 96%
The Antiphona Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple and Other Poems · 88%
Ode to Simplicity William Collins, Poetical Works · 98%
Ode to Evening William Collins, Poetical Works · 97%
Ah what avails the sceptred race Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations and Poems · 100%
Ternissa! you are fled Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations and Poems · 93%
1091. On Himself Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
111. To Heaven Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
192. On Gilly-Flowers Begotten Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
228. To Keep a True Lent Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
258. How Roses Came Red Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
364. Chop-Cherry Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
38. Upon Time Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
460. The Plunder Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
49. Another to God Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
540. Anacreontic Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
653. A Bacchanalian Verse Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
663. To Electra Robert Herrick, Hesperides · 100%
Song 6 Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella · 96%
A Skeltoniad Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 99%
Rodope and Dorida Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 99%
Loves Conqvest Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 99%
To His Valentine Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 99%
The Heart Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 98%
To the Viriginian Voyage Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 98%
The Cryer Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 98%
An Ode Written in the Peake Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 97%
His Defence Against the Idle Critick Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 97%
Rowlands Madrigall Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 97%
To Cvpid Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 96%
To Himselfe and the Harpe Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · 95%
Before the Battle Siegfried Sassoon, The War Poems · 90%
Faun Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · 98%
The Assault Heroic Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · 94%
To Robert Nichols Robert Graves, Fairies and Fusiliers · 89%
The Chilterns Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · 96%
Calico Pie I Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs · 100%
Chapter XIII: Of What Became of the Parents of the Forty-Nine Children Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs · 97%
To a Little Maid by a Policeman W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 98%
Ballad W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 96%
The Troubadour W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 96%
The Reverend Micah Sowls W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · 95%
In Trouble and Shame D. H. Lawrence, Amores · 95%
Patience D. H. Lawrence, Amores · 90%
The Affliction of Richard Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 99%
The Ocean Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 98%
The Philosopher to His Mistress Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 98%
Elegy Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 96%
L. B. C. L. M Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 96%
Morning Hymn Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 96%
Winter Nightfall Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 96%
Invitation to the Country Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 96%
A Child's Poem Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 96%
Asian Birds Robert Bridges, Poetical Works · 95%
A Song Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 100%
After Paul Verlaine I Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 100%
To His Mistress Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 99%
To a Lost Love Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 96%
Villanelle of Sunset Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 95%
The Moon Maiden's Song Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 94%
With His Songs and Her Days to His Lady and to Love Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 93%
Amor Umbratilis Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 92%
Vanitas Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 91%
Exchanges Ernest Dowson, The Poems of Ernest Dowson · 82%
To the Dead Cardinal of Westminster Francis Thompson, Poems (1893) · 96%
To Monica Thought Dying Francis Thompson, Poems (1893) · 93%
Good Night William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
Hawthorn Down William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
The Stage Coach William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
The Wind in Woone's Feaece William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 100%
The Wife A-Lost William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 99%
A Lot o' Maidens A-Runnen the Vields William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect · 98%
Dora Williams Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology · 88%
In Memory of a Child Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 100%
The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 100%
What the Moon Saw Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 100%
Section Three Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 99%
A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 99%
The Strength of the Lonely Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems · 88%
Gray Eyes Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 100%
In a Hospital V Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 100%
The Fountain Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 100%
The Tree of Song Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 100%
Moods Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 98%
Debtor Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 97%
Spring Torrents Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 97%
Embers Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 97%
Summer Storm Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 96%
The Broken Field Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 96%
Message Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 94%
Thoughts Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 93%
Peace Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 93%
The Coin Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 92%
Dew Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 90%
The Unseen Sara Teasdale, Flame and Shadow · 89%
Night Song at Amalfi Sara Teasdale, Love Songs · 86%
Valentine Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 100%
Velvet Shoes Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 98%
The Eagle and the Mole Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 98%
"Fire and Sleet and Candlelight" Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 93%
A Proud Lady Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 93%
The Fairy Goldsmith Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 92%
The Lion and the Lamb Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 91%
Silver Filigree Elinor Wylie, Nets to Catch the Wind · 89%
Seven Times Six. Giving in Marriage Jean Ingelow, Poems, Volume I · 98%
Song for the Night of Christ's Resurrection Jean Ingelow, Poems, Volume I · 94%
Strife and Peace Jean Ingelow, Poems, Volume I · 91%
The Nightingale Heard by the Unsatisfied Heart Jean Ingelow, Poems, Volume I · 89%
Song Charlotte Mew, The Farmer's Bride · 100%
The Whip Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Town Down the River · 98%
The House on the Hill Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Children of the Night · 97%
Normandy Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Town Down the River · 93%
Bon Voyage Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Town Down the River · 93%
Garden I H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
Night H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
Pear Tree H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
Sea Poppies H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
The Cliff Temple IV H.D., Sea Garden · 100%
Pursuit H.D., Sea Garden · 99%
Mid-Day H.D., Sea Garden · 97%
Prisoners H.D., Sea Garden · 96%
The Helmsman H.D., Sea Garden · 96%
Loss H.D., Sea Garden · 95%
Orchard H.D., Sea Garden · 94%
The Cliff Temple I H.D., Sea Garden · 94%
The Pike Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 96%
Obligation Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 94%
Absence Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 90%
Clear, with Light, Variable Winds Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed · 90%
Matins Emma Lazarus, Poems, Volume I · 97%
Spring Star I Emma Lazarus, Poems, Volume I · 91%
To the Portrait of "A Lady" in the Athenaeum Gallery Oliver Wendell Holmes, Poetical Works, Volume I · 99%
O Southland! James Weldon Johnson, Fifty Years and Other Poems · 89%
Considerate John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 100%
Eileen Aroon Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 100%
Hill Top Songs I Charles G. D. Roberts, New Poems · 100%
Homeward Bound LVII Heinrich Heine, Poems and Ballads · 100%
Lao-Tzŭ Various, A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems · 100%
Observate John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 100%
Songs to Seraphine XIV Heinrich Heine, Poems and Ballads · 100%
The Blue Heron Bliss Carman, Later Poems · 100%
The Bonny Earl of Murray Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Oxford Book of Ballads · 100%
The Good Earth Charles G. D. Roberts, New Poems · 100%
The Minaret Bells William Makepeace Thackeray, Ballads · 100%
The Only Son Henry John Newbolt, Poems: New and Old · 100%
The Parting Thomas Stanley, Original Lyrics · 100%
The Repulse Thomas Stanley, Original Lyrics · 100%
The Stream Charles G. D. Roberts, New Poems · 100%
Thoughts in a Tranquil Night Various, A Lute of Jade · 100%
To Sarah Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay and Other Poems · 100%
When in the Rowan Tree Charles G. D. Roberts, New Poems · 100%
The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng Per Skelton Laureat John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 99%
My Dark Rosaleen Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 99%
Written in a Roman Fortification in Bavaria William Edmondstoune Aytoun, Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers · 99%
Love's Despair Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 99%
A Begging We Will Go Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 99%
Poems Against Garnesche John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 99%
He Vehemently Rebuts the Charge of Loving Another Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · 98%
Or, the Poor Old Horse Robert Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England · 98%
The Hour of Most Desire Charles G. D. Roberts, New Poems · 98%
Deliberate John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 98%
Love's Astrology William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · 98%
Three Eternities William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · 98%
In Imitation of Shakspeare's "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" James Beattie, The Minstrel and Other Poems · 98%
Voice of the Western Wind Edmund Clarence Stedman, The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman · 98%
Colyn Cloute John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 98%
On the Wedding of G. C Eugene Field, Hoosier Lyrics · 98%
The Red and Yellow Leaf Louise Imogen Guiney, Songs at the Start · 98%
Owt of Latyne into Englysshe John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 98%
A Bird's Song of Love John Addington Symonds, Wine, Women and Song · 98%
In October Bliss Carman, Later Poems · 98%
The Little Yellow Road Eleanor Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael · 98%
April on Waggon Hill Henry John Newbolt, Poems: New and Old · 97%
Drede John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 97%
Lenuoy John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 97%
Reformate John Skelton, Poetical Works, Volume I · 97%
To a Young Lady on Her Birthday Bliss Carman, Later Poems · 97%
To the Christian Reader Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom · 97%

The first 400 of 746 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.