Sonnets

Fourteen lines, usually of iambic pentameter, turning on a rhyme scheme: three quatrains and a couplet in the English form, an octave and a sestet in the Italian. Below, every sonnet on Laurel whose scheme the dictionary could confirm, with the form each one is.

985 poems on Laurel

Sonnet CXLI William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet CXLIX William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet CXLVIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet CXXXVI William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet CXXXVII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet LXXIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet LXXXVII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XC William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XCII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XCVIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XLIII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XLVII William Shakespeare, The Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Love and the gentle heart are one same thing Dante Alighieri, The New Life · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Composed in the Valley Near Dover, on the Day of Landing William Wordsworth, The Brothers, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
To G. A. W John Keats, Poems (1817) · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Had I a man's fair form, then might my sighs John Keats, Poems (1817) · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
On Leaving Some Friends at an Early Hour John Keats, Poems (1817) · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Written on the Day That Mr. Leigh Hunt Left Prison John Keats, Poems (1817) · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
To Genevra Lord Byron, The Giaour, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Or the Poet in the Clouds Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems of Coleridge · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poland Alfred Tennyson, The Early Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
To R. B Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
To My Friend Charles Booth Nettleton II Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Slow Through the Dark Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Booker T. Washington Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Harriet Beecher Stowe Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Love Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
On the Receipt of a Familiar Poem Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Fire Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Dante Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Holidays Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Will Ever the Dear Days Come Back Again? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Sleep Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
My Books Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
The Cross of Snow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Parker Cleaveland, Written on Revisiting Brunswick in the Summer of 1875 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
The Tides Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
A Summer Day by the Sea Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Mezzo Cammin Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Wapentake, to Alfred Tennyson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
My Days Isaac Rosenberg, Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Spirit of Shakespeare George Meredith, Modern Love, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
G. W. Senior, to the Author Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Late Deceased Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
L’Envoy Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Ruines of Rome Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Visions of Petrarch: Formerly Translated Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Visions, Of, the Worlds Vanitie Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
VI Bluebeard Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Bluebeard Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet III Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Sonnet V Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Baptism Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
My Mother II Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Tired Worker Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Wild May Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Futility Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To Winter Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
On the Road Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Harlem Dancer Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
On a Primitive Canoe Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Night Fire Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
I Shall Return Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Through Agony II Claude McKay, Harlem Shadows · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
The Third Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To His Absent Diana Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnets from the Manuscript Edition, Not Found in That of 1594 Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Eighth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Fourth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Sixth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The First Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Fifth Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Second Decade Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Countess of Pembroke Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To the Lady Rich Samuel Daniel, Delia, with Constable's Diana · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Amour 11 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Amour 23 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Amour 35 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Amour 44 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Amour 45 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 27 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 50 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 51 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 52 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 58 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 6 Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet 63: To the High and Mighty Prince, James, King of Scots Michael Drayton, Minor Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Love Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Busy Heart Rupert Brooke, 1914 and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Winter John Clare, Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Tezcotzinco Alan Seeger, Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Sonnet XIII Alan Seeger, Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
House-Surgeon W. E. Henley, Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
To W. G. S W. E. Henley, Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
June James Whitcomb Riley, Riley Farm-Rhymes · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Sonnet: From the Portuguese of Semedo William Cullen Bryant, Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
The Harlequin of Dreams Sidney Lanier, Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Martha Washington Sidney Lanier, Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
In Absence Sidney Lanier, Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
On Receiving a Gift Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To an Enthusiast Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Written in Keats' "Endymion" Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
By T. Park Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Far from Fearing, He Prays for Death Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Far from His Beloved, Life Is Miserable by Night as by Day Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
He Describes His Sad State Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
He Fears That He Is Incapable of Worthily Celebrating Her Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
He Inveighs Against Laura's Mirror, Because It Makes Her Forget Him Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
He Lives Destitute of All Hope Save That of Rendering Her Immortal Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
He No Longer Finds Relief in Solitude Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
He Returns the Glove, Bewailing the Effect of Her Beauty Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Her Presence in Visions Is His Only Consolation Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Her Walk, Looks, Words, and Air Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
His Heart, Rejected by Laura, Will Perish, Unless She Relent Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
His Passion Finds Its Only Consolation in Contemplating Her in Heaven Petrarch, The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
On Entering Switzerland William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Reserve Louise Imogen Guiney, Songs at the Start · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Sonnet Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Subject Continued Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To May, in the Year 1783 Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Written in the Spring 1785 on the Death of the Poet Laureat Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
At Dover, 1786 William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Dover Cliffs William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
From the Italian of Filacaja Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet Lxxxvii Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Heavenly Birth of Love and Beauty Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
At Malvern William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
December 1790 Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Our Eastern Treasure William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Then and Now John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To Pope Julius II Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Translation Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
In Age William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Distant View of England from the Sea William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Bells, Ostend William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Approach of Summer William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Equality John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
On Reading a Description of Pope's Gardens at Twickenham Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Petrarch to Vaucluse Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sacred Night Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Supposed to Have Been Addressed by a Female Lunatic to a Lady Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Written in the Rainy Summer of 1789 Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Written on Rising Ground Near Lichfield Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Invitation to a Friend Anna Seward, Original Sonnets on Various Subjects · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Rhine William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
A Prayer for Aid Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Written Many Years After the Foregoing Sonnets William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Associations William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Retrospection William Lisle Bowles, Sonnets, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The Philosophic Flight Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Visions Nicholas Breton, Pastoral Poems and Selected Poetry · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Love's Expostulation Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Translated from the French of M. Desbarreaux Henry Kirke White, The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
With a Copy of the Iliad Edmund Clarence Stedman, The Blameless Prince, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
The Empty Nest William Watson, The Poems of William Watson · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To the River Louise Imogen Guiney, Songs at the Start · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
The Artist and His Work Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Unsolved John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Celestial and Earthly Love Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
At the Foot of the Cross Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
The Blood of Christ Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Love Is a Refiner's Fire Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Beauty's Intolerable Splendour Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnets · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
In Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House Louise Imogen Guiney, Songs at the Start · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
"I Vex Me Not with Brooding on the Years" Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Sisters' Tragedy, with Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
'Retro Me, Sathana!' Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
A Dedication (To E. G.) I John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
A Dedication (To E. G.) II John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Chartres II Edith Wharton, Artemis to Actaeon, and Other Verse · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
Francine Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Her Gifts Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Immortality I John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
J.F.B. Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
Known in Vain Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet II Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet III Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet IV Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet IX Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet V Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet VI Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet VII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet VIII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet X Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XI Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sonnet XIII Fernando Pessoa, 35 Sonnets · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Subsidy George MacDonald, A Microcosm in Terza Rima, and Other Poems · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
The Husbandmen Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The House of Life · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
The World Is Too Much with Us Mary E. Burt, Poems Every Child Should Know · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD
To Maude Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
To My Laundress Ambrose Bierce, Shapes of Clay · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDECDE
To the Lovers That Come After Us John Drinkwater, Poems, 1908-1919 · English sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG
To the Wolf at the Door Oliver Herford, The Bashful Earthquake, and Other Fables and Verses · Italian sonnet, ABBAABBACDCDCD

The first 197 of 985 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.