Laurel · Poems by form and metre

Poems in rhyme royal

Seven lines rhyming ABABBCC: Chaucer's stanza in Troilus and Criseyde, used by Shakespeare in The Rape of Lucrece. Below, every poem or stanza on Laurel whose rhyme scheme and length are exactly this form.

38 poems on Laurel

  1. The Owl Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · ABABBCC
  2. Dauber I John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  3. Dauber II John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  4. Dauber III John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  5. Dauber IV John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  6. Dauber V John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  7. Dauber VI John Masefield, The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  8. In Honour of Beautie Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  9. Of Heavenly Love Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  10. Poem I Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  11. Poem II Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  12. Poem II Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  13. Poem III Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  14. Poem III Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  15. Poem IV Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  16. Poem IV Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  17. Poem V Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  18. Poem VI Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  19. The Ruines of Time Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  20. Only a Dancing Girl W. S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads · ABABBCC
  21. Sic Semper Liberatoribus! Emma Lazarus, Admetus, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  22. Sympathy Emma Lazarus, Admetus, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  23. Storm Emma Lazarus, Admetus, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  24. Youth Emma Lazarus, Admetus, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  25. Peace Emma Lazarus, Admetus, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  26. The Heritage James Russell Lowell, Poems · ABABBCC
  27. Easter-Day in a Mountain Churchyard Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABBCC
  28. Elysium Felicia Hemans, Poems · ABABBCC
  29. Moss and Fern Madison Julius Cawein, Poems · ABABBCC
  30. A Revocation Sir Thomas Wyatt, Poems · ABABBCC
  31. Dame Pallas to the Quene of Fame John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  32. Mayster Chaucer to Skelton John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  33. Vixi Puellis Nuper Idoneus ... Sir Thomas Wyatt, Poems · ABABBCC
  34. The Guides at Cabul Henry John Newbolt, Poems: New and Old · ABABBCC
  35. Christmas, 1880 George MacDonald, A Microcosm in Terza Rima, and Other Poems · ABABBCC
  36. Subterranean Phantasies Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay · ABABBCC
  37. The Owl Mary E. Burt, Poems Every Child Should Know · ABABBCC
  38. Woman in Politics Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay · ABABBCC

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.